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Bradshaw

name

Etymology

From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.

  1. inherited from brād

Definitions

  1. The name of some places in Northern England.

  2. A habitational surname from Old English derived from these places.

  3. A number of places in the United States

    A number of places in the United States:

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in…

      A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961.

      • He was at breakfast at nine, and for the twentieth time consulted his Bradshaw to see at what earliest hour Dr Grantly could arrive from Barchester.

    2. To navigate by following railway lines.

      • To all intents and purposes, we had either to map-read or Bradshaw our way across tens of thousands of acres of featureless, flat landscape.
      • Near-synonym: IFR

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA