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

Built as a bush road by Simcoe in 1794.

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

It was a regular bush road, nearly ten miles long, made to avoid the falls of the Pigeon.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry

On the bush road the going was good—now and then a small drift, but nothing alarming anywhere.

From Over Prairie Trails by Grove, Frederick Philip

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

Even to discover your own trench is often like finding a bush road.

From Letters from France by Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow)