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grid road

noun Canadian.

a municipal road that follows a grid line established by the original survey of the area.

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Nearby words

grid current, grid declination, grid leak, grid networking, grid reference, grid road, grid variation, gridder, griddle, griddlebread, griddlecake

Origin of grid road

First recorded in 1955–60
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British Dictionary definitions for grid road

grid road

noun

(in Canada) a road that follows a surveyed division between areas of a township, municipality, etc
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