riverway

plural riverways · alternative river way · alternative river-way

1. The segment of a river or route on a river which is traversed by watercraft.

   Barge traffic on the country's most important commercial riverway is completely paralysed.

   1993 July 17, Rupert Cornwell, “Defences crumble as mighty rivers merge”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 19 Jan 2014

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   "That is the boat of Captain Hyde. What comes he this way for?" "The river way is free to all, Joanna."

   1886, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 3, in The Bow of Orange Ribbon

   Manhattan was a line of constellations, the riverway a gulf of darkness in which were scattered stars.

   1921, Basil King, chapter 25, in The Empty Sack

   An advanced Mesoamerican civilization of temples, pyramids, ball courts and paved roads sprouted and grew not near a seaport or on a riverway, but deep inland at jungle oases.

   2007 February 23, Stephen Regenold, “Deep Inside the Yucatán”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Jan 2014