causey

American  

[kaw-zee] / ˈkɔ zi /

noun

causeys plural

1. British Dialect. a causeway.

2. Archaic. an ancient Roman highway.

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causey British  

/ ˈkɔːzɪ /

noun

1. an archaic or dialect word for causeway

2. a cobbled street

3. a cobblestone

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• causeys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of causey

1125–75; Middle English cauce < Anglo-French < Old North French caucie, variant of cauciee < Late Latin ( via ) calciāta (road) paved with limestone, equivalent to Latin calci- (stem of calx ) limestone + -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Truth and honesty keep the crown o' the causey.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

They were riding along a broad dusty track which bordered a stone causey raised above the level of winter floods; impulsively she turned to him.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

But while we were thus standing discoursing on the causey, Mrs Balwhidder and the servant lassies could thole no longer, but in a troop came in quest of me, to hear what was doing.

From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by Galt, John

Steal the mear! na, na, far be the sin o' theft frae Andrew Fairservice—I have just arrested her jurisdictionis fandandy causey.

From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Turning a sharp corner of the lane pretty quickly, I almost ran over a lady coming along the causey in the opposite direction.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur