king's highway

American  

Or King's highway,

noun

British.

1. a highway built by the national government.

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king's highway British  

noun

1. (in Britain, esp when the sovereign is male) any public road or right of way

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king's highway

That wise people laid out the streets as was most convenient, tortuous and narrow at Cordova or broad as a king's highway in Ronda.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Rode round the site of ancient Jericho, of which nothing remains but some portions of the king's highway.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott

Just on the king’s highway, betwixt Durham and Bishop-Auckland, and one field from the school, there stood a public-house called the ‘White Horse,’ and kept by a man of the name of Charlton. 

From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton

There was an old woman, as I've heard tell, She went to market her eggs for to sell; She went to market all on a market-day, And she fell asleep on the king's highway.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger

There was an old woman, as I've heard tell, She went to market her eggs for to sell; She went to market all on a market day; And she fell asleep on the king's highway.

From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

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