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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.


Etymology

Origin of bush road

First recorded in 1820–30

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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

We shall start straight for the bush road into the north, if that suits you," he said, "and travel by easy stages towards Collingwood, where we shall again behold one of our inland seas.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

It is a long journey on foot to Mollineux, to one unacquainted with a blazed path in a bush road.

From Roughing It in the Bush by Moodie, Susanna

Suppose I saw a pretty girl on a bush road.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

Built as a bush road by Simcoe in 1794.

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

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