driftway

English

Etymology

drift +‎ way

Noun

driftway (plural driftways)

A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.
Synonyms: droveway, driveway (uncommon)
- 1611, A decree concerning Holland Fen […] :
  The said commoners […] to leave a driftway for the cattle and beasts of the said Edward Dymocke.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.

Related terms

(droveway): drift of the forest

Translations

horizontal passage in a mine

Finnish: kaivoskäytävä

References

“driftway”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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