carfax

British  

/ ˈkɑːfæks /

noun

1. a place where principal roads or streets intersect, esp a place in a town where four roads meet

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Etymology

Origin of carfax

C14: from Anglo-French carfuks, from Old French carrefures, from Latin quadrifurcus four-forked

Example Sentences

The word carfax, once the usual name for a "cross-way," survives at Oxford and Exeter.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

So at last they came unto a great carfax with a wide square round about it.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

Now after this Osberne and his drew not back from the carfax, but by the rede of him the townsmen made trenches and walls to strengthen them right up to the said carfax.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May