causey

American  

[kaw-zee] / ˈkɔ zi /

noun

plural

causeys

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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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

Loud on the causey, saft on the sand, Round they rade by the tail of the land; Round and up by the Bour-Tree Den, Weary fa' the red-coat men!

From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis

When busy tongues are railing, Lown is her word unsaucy, And with modest grace unfailing She trips it o'er the causey.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

Jeanie herself was the bonniest lassie in the whole town, but light-headed, and fonder of outgait and blether in the causey than was discreet of one of her uncertain parentage. 

From The Provost by Galt, John

They were riding along a broad dusty track which bordered a stone causey raised above the level of winter floods. 

From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John

He's a causey saint and a house deil.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander