carfax

/ ˈkɑːfæks /

noun

1. a place where principal roads or streets intersect, esp a place in a town where four roads meet

Word History and Origins

Origin of carfax¹

C14: from Anglo-French carfuks, from Old French carrefures, from Latin quadrifurcus four-forked

Example Sentences

We go by a patch of park and through a mediocre street, and find ourselves in the public square,—the Carfax of the city.

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Those in front had now stopped also; and Master Carfax came ambling back to see what had occasioned the delay.

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Without answering Carfax, he fitted an arrow to his bow, and sent speeding death to the trembling stag.

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"One was to deal with Robin of Locksley," said Carfax, snarlingly, and without yielding his point.

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Ford encouraged his foresters by word and gesture; and Carfax kept himself as far out of it as possible.

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