rutway

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noun

A type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the day were guided.

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Meanings

nounrutway (plural rutways)

plural rutways

  1. historicalA type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the day were guided.

    Similar rutways built by the Romans were examined with care by Monsieur H. Ferrand [...], and he gave the following dimensions: 1.44 metres (4 ft. 8¾ in.) centre to centre of the grooves; [...].

    1941 February, Charles E. Lee, “The "Railways" of Ancient Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

Origin

From rut + way.

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APA

rutway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rutway

MLA

“rutway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rutway. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rutway,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rutway.

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