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trackway

American  
[trak-wey] / ˈtrækˌweɪ /

noun

  1. railway.

  2. a path or roadway; track.


Etymology

Origin of trackway

First recorded in 1810–20; track + way 1

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A quarry in Oxfordshire revealed one of the world's largest-ever dinosaur trackway sites, with around 200 enormous footprints left behind 166 million years ago.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

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

From BBC Jun. 27, 2025

“This trackway is particularly beautifully preserved,” says paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey of Stony Brook University and director of the Koobi Fora Research Project.

From Science Magazine Nov. 27, 2024

The raptor’s footprints are part of a larger dinosaur trackway discovered in southeastern China in 2020.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2024

But the road to Coulsdon opens on broad slopes of grass and plough, bordered with a line of yews—an ancient trackway, perhaps.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh

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