fareway

Meanings

nounfareway (plural fareways)

plural fareways

A road, route, or passage used for travelling over or through.
The others parted their ships asunder, and made a fareway between the ships.
2022, The Spirit of the Vikings, page 6
2 more examples
From Troy there's a fareway by sea direct Across to the glorious ancient Athens; […]
1907, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem, page 172
He spoke of his several forefathers' experience at expanding the Far Fleets, which rendered safe all fareways running between the Attican Peninsula and all southerly depots that had been mentioned.
2011, House Ascendant, page 362

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

travelway

Origin

Proto-West Germanic*faraweg
Old Englishfærweġ“a cartroad”
Middle Englishfarewaye
Englishfareway

From Middle English farewaye, fairway, fare-waye, from Old English færweġ (“a cartroad”), from Proto-West Germanic *faraweg, *faruweg (“fareway”), equivalent to fare (“travel”) + way. Cognate with West Frisian farwei (“waterway”), Dutch vaarweg (“waterway”), Middle Low German vārwech, vaerwech (“fareway”), German Fahrweg (“fareway”).