slideway

American

[slahyd-wey] / ˈslaɪdˌweɪ /

noun

an inclined surface along which something can slide.

Etymology

Origin of slideway

First recorded in 1855–60; slide + way ¹

Example Sentences

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And then she saw the woman coming up the slideway ramp.

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The table is provided with a slideway, or slot, on each side of the saw, and parallel with it, and also with a slideway at one side of the table.

From Project Gutenberg

From the edge of this there may be three or four slideways into deep water.

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Only Hunter and his faded seat companion got out at the turnaround terminal and took the slideway to center-city.

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They stood in silence as the slideway whisked them through the strolling students and blossoming greenery of the quietly-busy campus.

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