causeway
pronunciation
How to pronounce causeway in British English:
UK [ˈkɔ:zweɪ]
How to pronounce causeway in American English:
US [ˈkɔzˌwe]
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- Noun:
- a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
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- Verb:
- provide with a causeway
- pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles
Word Origin
- causeway
- causeway: [15] Etymologically, a causeway is a road paved with limestone. In late Middle English, the word was causey way, causey coming via Anglo-Norman *cauce from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, an adjective derived from Latin calx ‘limestone’ (source also of English chalk, calcium, and calculate). The simple form causey ‘causeway, path’ survived dialectally well into the 20th century, and its French relative chausée, ‘road’ is still very much alive.=> calcium, calculate, chalk
- causeway (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle English cauceweye "raised road" (mid-15c.), first element from Anglo-French cauce, Old North French cauciee (12c., Modern French chaussée), from Vulgar Latin *via calciata "paved way," from Latin calcis, genitive of calx (2) "limestone," or Late Latin calciare "to stamp with the heels, tread" (on notion of a road or mound across marshy ground made firm by treading down), from Latin calx (1) "heel." For second element, see way (n.).
Example
- 1. The official causeway site lists the clearance of the bascule at 45 feet .
- 2. There is the lake pontchartrain causeway - essentially a 24 mile bridge that goes straight across the lake .
- 3. Copies are selling fast across the causeway in malaysia .
- 4. The lake pontchartrain causeway in louisiana , at almost 24 miles , is slightly longer but crosses an inland waterway rather than open sea .
- 5. Untitled 1 the first thing I noticed that was that the causeway at some point goes lower than the water .