halting-places

Until order, which is nothing else than universal peace, has been established, until harmony and unity reign, progress will have revolutions as its halting-places.

Les Miserables 2008

Moreover, he brought them provaunt and provender at the halting-places and said to them, Well come and welcome and fair welcome to the coming guests!

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Donald had an eye for such spots, and though he had, I dare say, never read Gil Blas or Don Quixote, yet he chose such halting-places as Le Sage or Cervantes would have described.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

There are halting-places and shades, and refreshing waters; let us profit by them for today.

The Virginians 2006

We created a great sensation at one of our halting-places, and indeed everywhere, for we were in our nautical rig; and what amused the natives immensely was that one of our terriers was a very long dog with short legs, and they talked of the yards of dog we had with us.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

In a footnote to the list of borrowings he says "The distance between two caravanserais—a day's travel, in other words—is known by the Turkish loanword menzil"; for one thing, the preferred spelling is manzil, for another it means not 'the distance between two caravanserais' but 'a halting-place; the distance between two halting-places, a stage,' and for a third it's not from Turkish but Arabic—all this according to the OED itself!

languagehat.com: MORE BAD WRITING. 2004

Maslova was allowed to stop with the political prisoners at all the halting-places, but being a strong and healthy woman she was obliged to march with the criminal convicts.

Resurrection 2003

Tradition says that they were used as halting-places for the Incas, when they crossed the mountains.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Tradition says that they were used as halting-places for the Incas, when they crossed the mountains.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

However, the effect was excellent: never had there been so little straggling; never had the halting-places been reached in such good time and good order.

The Land of Midian 2003