causeway Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
  2. verb provide with a causeway
    • A causewayed swamp
  3. verb pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles

WordNet

Cause"way, Cau"sey noun (Also<
  • Causeway
  • Causey
)
Etymology
OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussée, 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.
Definitions
  1. A way or road rasid 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.

Webster 1913