mainway

_ -- Besides the ancient superstition attached to the crossing of the path by one of these animals, there is also a belief that the running of one along the street or mainway of a village, portends fire to some house in the immediate vicinity.

Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851 Various

Then, at last, he came to a city; and, as he took the mainway of it, the same thing happened as before.

Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations Edmund Dulac 1917

Several galleries branched off from the mainway like tributary streams, but I preferred to steer my course down the central corridor, which finally conducted me to a large antique-looking apartment with carved wainscot and curious old paintings on the panelled walls.

Dreams and Dream Stories Anna Bonus Kingsford 1867

Such a rule would bring the sidewalk into line with the mainway.

The Guardian World News 2011

The mainway sirtuin is activated is through restricting calories, but it’s also done through the heat-shock mechanism we talked abouton page 84—as a survival mechanism.

You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

The mainway sirtuin is activated is through restricting calories, but it’s also done through the heat-shock mechanism we talked abouton page 84—as a survival mechanism.

You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

The mainway sirtuin is activated is through restricting calories, but it’s also done through the heat-shock mechanism we talked abouton page 84—as a survival mechanism.

You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007