concession road

[kuhn-sesh-uhn rohd]

noun

Canadian.

1. a road built between two concessions of a township.

concession road

noun

1. (esp in Ontario) one of a series of roads separating concessions in a township

Word History and Origins

Origin of concession road¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Supt Rosie Thompson said that two officers were injured as a result of a deliberate patrol vehicle ramming in Concession Road, Crossmaglen, after a VW Golf "attempted to put the patrol car off the road".

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Paul McCaugherty, 43, of Beech Court in Lurgan and Dermot Declan Gregory of Concession Road in Crossmaglen, were caught in an MI5 sting operation.

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Concession Road has been closed from Cullaville to the border.

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It began about lunchtime on Tuesday, when police closed the A37 Concession Road, Conalig, which is the main route from Castleblayney to Dundalk.

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Sunday itself was no day of rest for the Spirit of Conjecture; she was busier than ever, and whether on the Bund or on the concession road, where everybody met all the world and his wife and family, the speculations were numerous and important.

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