Definitions

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  • noun A track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.

Etymologies

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ridge +‎ way

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Examples

  • At the very top it was crossed at right angles by a green "ridgeway" -- the Ickneild Street and original Roman road through the district.

    Jude the Obscure 1896

  • At the very top it was crossed at right angles by a green "ridgeway" -- the Ickneild Street and original Roman road through the district.

    Jude the Obscure 1894

  • There were many of these "ridgeway" routes in prehistoric Europe, allowing travelers to bypass the thick woods and primeval swamps that covered much of lowland Europe at that time.

    Gadling 2010

  • There were many of these "ridgeway" routes in prehistoric Europe, allowing travelers to bypass the thick woods and primeval swamps that covered much of lowland Europe at that time.

    Gadling Sean McLachlan 2010

  • Weymouth ridgeway skeletons 'Scandinavian Vikings'.

    And don't come back... jmnlman 2010

  • There are some charming places to stay along the way, all detailed well on the National Trails website www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ridgeway.

    Walking in a Winter Wonderland Jemima Sissons 2010

  • Weymouth ridgeway skeletons 'Scandinavian Vikings'.

    Archive 2010-03-01 jmnlman 2010

  • By james ridgeway (about the author) Page 1 of 2 page (s) opednews. com Permalink

    Dog Days Turn Deadly in America's Prisons 2009

  • Blonde would not wet her hair; she leant her head and shoulders far back, stretching her lined throat, meeting the brunt of the water on her chest; or, stooping forward, let it hammer down the ridgeway of her spine.

    Growing Pains 2003

  • Now for the bad news: Arbitration and translation schemes have had unfortunate clenirations [?] with the ridgeway armiphlage [?].

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

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