byroad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At Purfleet, on a byroad, I came across just such a place as seemed to be required, and where was displayed a dilapidated notice that the place was for sale.
From Dracula by Stoker, Bram
The horse no doubt came in on a sort of byroad that led to Camp Barry, which turned north from the Branch Barracks towards the Bladensburg road.
From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom
It was a mere byroad, and as once out of the main road they were for the present safe from pursuit, they now suffered the horses to break into a walk.
From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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)
The tavern-keeper said he saw such a couple turn into the byroad in front of his place, and wondered at it, for it was rare to see anybody enter that road.
From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Sellar, Gordon
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