- a variation of by-road.
byroad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Herbert Strang
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
On a quiet byroad near headquarters town, where all the staff business of General Headquarters was conducted, a wisp of a flag hung at the entrance to the grounds of a small modern chateau.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
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 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 Gordon Sellar
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