bush road

American  

[boosh rohd] / ˈbʊʃ ˌroʊd /

noun

Canadian.

1. a rough road cut through forested land, usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.

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Etymology

Origin of bush road

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Collins Street was now as empty as a bush road.

From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel

An armed party was dispatched along a bush road to seize the wireless station.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various

Mahony let the reins droop on his horse's neck, and the animal picked its way among the impedimenta of the bush road.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

It was just about daybreak that he put his brigade in motion and moved west by an old bush road until he struck the Ridge Road, which bears south-west from the river to Ridgeway.

From Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 by MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander)

Built as a bush road by Simcoe in 1794.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various