- a variation of by-road.
byroad
Britishnoun
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At length we turned aside into a byroad leading up a steep hill, slippery with mud, and left this pleasant valley.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
She heard the pleasant rustle of quick steps in the fallen leaves that carpeted the byroad.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
The Signal Section went astray and remained silently on a byroad while their officer reconnoitred.
From Adventures of a Despatch Rider by William Henry Lowe Watson
We had come to the point where this byroad branches off from the main highway when we heard the clatter of horses' hoofs behind us.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The byroad which led to the entrance of the residence ran upon a gate of grated iron near a little lodge occupied by the gardener and his wife.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
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