2. Adjective. Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface. ¹
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Definition of Drivable
1. drive [adj] - See also: drive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drivable
Literary usage of Drivable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Opportunities Out-of-doors by Edward Owen Dean (1921)
"Many drivable streams also make logging railroads unnecessary in the Eastern
lumber regions. ... There is little or no snow for sleigh hauling, and drivable ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... of the mill owners—that is, a sluice such as- they would be required to furnish
for the running of the river in its natural state, in a drivable pitch. ..."
3. Forestry in New England: A Handbook of Eastern Forest Management by Ralph Chipman Hawley, Austin Foster Hawes (1912)
"The factor which makes possible this location of the mills distant from their
source of supply is the comprehensive network of lakes, ponds, and drivable ..."
4. Negligence of Imposed Duties, Personal by Charles Andrew Ray (1891)
"... Did the mill owners furnish a reasonably convenient and suitable passage for
logs on the river in its natural state, at a drivable pitch ? ..."
5. Surviving Twilight: A Soldier's Chronicle of Daily Life in Iraq by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"Two ofthe Humvees were still drivable, but one ofthem was leaking fuel. ...
Of the two Humvees that weren't drivable, one could still accelerate and brake ..."
6. Forest Conditions in the Olympic Forest Reserve, Washington by Arthur Dodwell (1902)
"The Dickey is drivable for half a dozen miles, and the Ozette from Ozette Lake
... The only stream within the entire reserve which is drivable for any great ..."
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