trackway

[trak-wey]

noun

1. railway.

2. a path or roadway; track.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trackway¹

First recorded in 1810–20; track + way ¹

Example Sentences

The foundations are a temporary trackway, power distribution, office cabins and other basic facilities.

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The UK's biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire.

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Another trackway site had been found nearby in the 1990s, so he realised the regular bumps and dips could be dinosaur footprints.

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"The really lovely thing about a dinosaur footprint, particularly if you have a trackway, is that it is a snapshot in the life of the animal," Prof Butler explained.

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The long trackway, however, was made by a single individual who left a flatter print, more like that of the Australopithecus at Laetoli.

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Related Words

• course 
• highway 
• lane 
• line 
• rail 
• road 
• roadway 
• route 
• street 
• trail