- a variation of by-road.
byroad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The party stopped at a small tavern on a byroad in Virginia, to rest the horses.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Blaisdell, Albert F.
She will get warning of danger, and guides across the country--peasants who know every byroad through the fields, and every shallow in the rivers.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
That will put us far enough ahead to be able to take any byroad, and throw them off our traces.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
I rode slowly, my mind being filled with forebodings, and I was only roused from my preoccupation by the sudden appearance of a horseman at the turning of a byroad leading from Bridgenorth.
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert
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 Sue, Eug?ne
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