thoroughway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A way through, passageway.
  2. A thoroughfare.

Word forms

thoroughway thoroughways

Etymology

From Middle English *thurghwei (attested in plural form thurghweies, thorouȝ-weies, þurȝ-weies), equivalent to thorough- + way. Doublet of throughway.

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