by-path
noun
a private path or an indirect or secondary course or means; byway.
by-paths
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pluralof by-path.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Our guides being men of experience, familiar with all the by-paths and bridle-roads, we were able to do this, and even to save time in the process.
From Mrs. Fitz by J. C. Snaith
I was well acquainted with the game, having learned how to mark in one of the strange by-paths of my nomad life before going to sea.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
They took the by-paths through the fields, but were in continual apprehension of encountering some one, who might arrest their progress.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
The infantry followed the main road, while the cavalry, under the immediate orders of the general, proceeded by by-paths in the same direction.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
In the study of antiquity there are steep and irregular by-paths that defy the traveller every step that he pursues them.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman
