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

Noun Inflected Forms

• 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

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causey causeys

Truth and honesty keep the crown o' the causey.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

But I persisted in my resolution to have the causey renewed by contract; and all the inhabitants of the town gave me credit for introducing such a great reformation into the management of public affairs.

From The Provost by John Galt

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 Sir Walter Scott

They said nothing; but the sound of their feet on the silent stones of the causey, was as the noise of a dreadful engine. 

From The Provost by John Galt

A light step came quickly over the round stones of the causey, and Allison entered, carrying the great earthen milk-dishes in her arms.

From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards

All the causeys, bridges, aqueducts—and then All the men!

From Browning's Heroines by Maxwell Armfield

But he looked upon the city, every side, Far and wide, All the mountains topped with temples, all the glades' Colonnades, All the causeys, bridges, aqueducts,—and then, All the men!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

But he looked upon the city, every side, Far and wide, All the mountains topped with temples, all the glades' Colonnades, All the causeys, bridges, aqueducts—and then,65 All the men!

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds

For he looked upon the city, every side, Far and wide, All the mountains topped with temples, all the glades' Colonnades, All the causeys, bridges, aqueducts,—and then, All the men!

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Arthur Symons

Instead of putting to death such criminals as had been sentenced to die by the judges, he made them repair the causeys, on which the respective cities to which they belonged were situated.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin