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trackway

noun

Etymology

From track + way.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wegaz✻
  3. inherited from *weg✻
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as trackway — “track + way”

Definitions

  1. A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if…

    A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.

    • 2024, Jules Howard, Infinite Life Fossil trackways of landfish […] tell us more about how their evolution proceeded in the later stages of this geological period.

  2. Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to…

    Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.

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