Meanings
nouncorduroy road (plural corduroy roads)
plural corduroy roads
- A road paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side, used e.g. to cross swampy areas.
The army moved from Savannah on the 28th of January, 1865, on its march through South Carolina […] During this march, Sherman’s army had built thirty-nine miles of corduroy road through the otherwise impassable swamps.
1903, Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Volume 2 Chapter 12
Translations
Finnish kapulatie
- kapulatieroad paved with logs
German Knüppeldamm, Prügelweg
- Knüppeldammroad paved with logs
- Prügelwegroad paved with logs
- Knüppelwegroad paved with logs
- Bohlenwegroad paved with logs
Russian гать
- гать (gatʹ)road paved with logs
Swedish kavelbro
- kavelbroroad paved with logs
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Chicago
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