Definition of Carriageway

1. Noun. One of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes.


Definition of Carriageway

1. Noun. The part of a road that carries traffic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carriageway

1. [n -WAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carriageway

carriage house
carriage return
carriage returns
carriage trade
carriage wrench
carriageable
carriagebuilder
carriagebuilders
carriagebuilding
carriageless
carriagelike
carriagemaker
carriagemakers
carriagemaking
carriages
carriageway (current term)
carriageways
carriboo
carriboos
carrick bend
carrick bends
carrick bitt
carricks
carried
carried away
carried out
carried the message to Garcia
carrier
carrier-free
carrier-pigeon

Literary usage of Carriageway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pratt's Law of Highways: (5 & 6 Will. 4, Cap. 50, 25 & 26 Vict. Cap. 61, 27 by Thomas Clement Sneyd Kynnersley, John Tidd Pratt (1865)
"And be it further enacted, that no tree, be planted bush, or shrub shall hereafter be planted on any feet of the carriageway or cartway, or within the ..."

2. A Treatise on Highway Construction: Designed as a Text-book and Work of by Austin Thomas Byrne (1893)
"Increasing the Width of the carriageway at Street-cross ings.—Experience has proven the value of the London practice of widening the carriageway at ..."

3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1835)
"No Tree, &c. to be within 15 Feet of the Centre of the carriageway. Mode of proceeding if Highway u prejudiced by Hedges, &c. Sum of One hundred Pounds, ..."

4. A-Z Londonby Geographers' A-Z Map Company by Geographers' A-Z Map Company (2002)
"... Road B Road Dual carriageway One Way Street Traffic flow on A Roads is indicated by a heavy line on the drivers' left. B road I Minor road House Numbers ..."

5. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"The suitability of bricks for carriageway pavements depends on the quality of the clay from which they are made, the method adopted in manufacturing and ..."

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