bush road

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noun Canadian.

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

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Nearby words

bush oyster, bush parole, bush pig, bush pilot, bush poppy, bush road, bush shirt, bush shrike, bush sickness, bush singlet, bush tea

Origin of bush road

First recorded in 1820–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for bush road

Carney cut down the bush-road that wound its sinuous way to the river flat, some two hundred feet below the town level.
Bulldog Carney|W. A. Fraser
But although the settlers often came across these animals, on the bush-road, I never heard of one being attacked by them.
Stories and Sketches|Harriet S. Caswell