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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Example Sentences

I kept my head, stuck to my guns, and, against all likelihood, here I was once more at liberty and in the king’s highway.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

It is not a farm track—you may walk for twenty miles along it over the hills; neither is it the king’s highway.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard

Cissy set off in disgust towards the house of Windy Standard, leaving Toady Lion calmly playing with his six cannon all alone in the white dust of the king's highway.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Sakhī:         The citizens are waking on the king's highway, Rays of the moon light up the dome of earth: No peace in new-born love,— I am amazed to see you.

From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura

Such a distinguished individual must not ride bareheaded along the king’s highway.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne