thorofare

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thorofare (plural thorofares)

  1. (simplified spelling) A thoroughfare; a road, path, or way forming a route between two places.
    • 1941, Slave Narratives, Vol. II, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      Gaines Avenue was once a "Quality Street". It runs on a diagonal from Malvern Avenue, a one-time first class residential thorofare to the Missouri Pacific Tracks.
    • 1951, Ruth Baumann, A Framework for Thorofare Planning in Madison Metropolitan Area, Digitized edition, University of Wisconsin, published 2007, page 1:
      Thorofare planning is closely interwoven …
    • 2009, Lajoux Reed, Reed's Nautical Almanac East Coast, Reed's Nautical Almanac, →ISBN, page 25:
      From Jericho Bay, it's possible to take either the Eggemoggin Reach to the N, or the Deer Island Thorofare to the S. … There are 2 well-marked channels into Deer Island Thorofare.