highroad

or high road

[ hahy-rohd ]

/ ˈhaɪˌroʊd /

noun

Chiefly British. a main road; highway.

an easy or certain course: the highroad to success.

an honorable or ethical course.

Nearby words

highline, highly, highly strung, highmore's body, highness, highroad, highsmith, hight, hightail, hightail it, highty-tighty

Origin of highroad

First recorded in 1700–10; high + road

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Examples from the Web for highroad

He rose and went towards the window, which commanded a very near view of the highroad, and he was followed by his guests.
Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete|Sir Walter Scott
They talked for the better part of an hour, and at last walked together to the junction of highroad and the bridle-path.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells
The brook was fouled near the highroad from the passing of heavy carts and wagons, so Robin pushed down it into the thicker wood.
Robin Hood|Paul Creswick
Nor, as he hurried on, did he give a passing glance at the track which diverged from the highroad toward the Nut-tree-hole.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850|Various

So, without stopping a moment, they dashed forward with might and main and burst forth from the covert into the highroad.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood|Howard Pyle

British Dictionary definitions for highroad

highroad

/ (ˈhaɪˌrəʊd) /

noun

a main road; highway

(the highroad) the sure waythe highroad to fame

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