Causeway : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Causeway	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Causeway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
causeway n a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand v provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp" pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Causeway \Cause"way\ (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey \Cau"sey\ ((k[add]"z[ycr]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chauss[82]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. --Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. --Milton.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Causeway a raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1 Chr. 26:16, 18). In 2 Chr. 9:11 the same word is translated "terrace."