Definition of Ridgeways

1. Noun. (plural of ridgeway) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ridgeways

1. ridgeway [n] - See also: ridgeway

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgeways

ridgepiece
ridgepieces
ridgepole
ridgepoles
ridger
ridgerope
ridgeropes
ridgers
ridges
ridgeside
ridgesides
ridgetop
ridgetops
ridgewalking
ridgeway
ridgeways (current term)
ridgier
ridgiest
ridgil
ridgils
ridging
ridgings
ridglings
ridgy
ridgy-didge
ridibund
ridicle
ridicule
ridiculed

Literary usage of Ridgeways

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

1. The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire;: Being a General and Parochial by William Phelps (1836)
"Roads or ridgeways. One skirting the coast of the Bristol Channel and passing ... ridgeways leading from Neroche castle : one towards the west to Cadbury in ..."

2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1920)
"Burbage is what would be called in German a Knotenpunkt of watersheds, and, consequently, of ridgeways. I suspect that this road was a part of one of these ..."

3. Settlement and Land Use in Micheldever Hundred, Hampshire, 700-1100 by Eric C. Klingelhöfer (1991)
"The Transportation Systm Before the Romans came to build their roads, there ancient "ridgeways/' long-distance trackways running along divides. ..."

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