trackway

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noun

A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.

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Meanings

nountrackway (plural trackways)

plural trackways

  1. A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.

    Fossil trackways of landfish […] tell us more about how their evolution proceeded in the later stages of this geological period.

    2024, Jules Howard, Infinite Life
  2. Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.

Origin

From track + way.

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APA

trackway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trackway

MLA

“trackway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trackway. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trackway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trackway.

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