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Definitions for: Causeway
[n] a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
[v] pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles
[v] provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cause"way (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey Cau"sey
((k[add]"z[y^]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F.
chauss['e]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a
road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone
(cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel,
hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.]
A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground,
serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
But that broad causeway will direct your way. --Dryden.
The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate.
--Milton.
See Also: furnish, pave, provide, render, road, route, supply
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