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

One was The Pilgrim’s Progress, and I liked most of it exceedingly, especially the fight in the king’s highway which Christian had with Apollyon.

From Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full by Carleton, Clifford

Following the valley of the Severn, by Shrewsbury and Whitechurch, we crossed the great Holyhead Road, "the king's highway," from London to Holyhead.

From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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 Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

The dog said to her: “Yes, she has a very fine one by the side of the king’s highway, and I will speak to my godmamma about it.”

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth

There’s dust upon the king’s highway; which somehow or other has got into the throats of our worthy friends from Uxbridge, Denham, and Iver.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne