carriageway

[ kar-ij-wey ]

nounBritish.
  1. a road or lane of a road for use by automobiles.

Origin of carriageway

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; carriage + way1

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British Dictionary definitions for carriageway

carriageway

/ (ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ) /


noun
  1. British the part of a road along which traffic passes in a single line moving in one direction only: a dual carriageway

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