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Bradshaw en · NOUN
Etymology
From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.
Meanings
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(UK) A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961.
The "5th Mo. (May) 1939" issue of Bradshaw's Railway Shipping, and Hotel Guide for Great Britain and Ireland appears in a cream cover printed in blue and gold, and a prefatory note explains that, as 1939 is being celebrated as the centenary year of Bradshaw, it is intended to adopt this livery from now until the September issue inclusive. For October, the centenary month, Bradshaw will be published in a gold cover printed in red and blue.
1939 June, “Railway Literature: Bradshaw's Guide”, in Railway Magazine, page 465: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.
1855, Anthony Trollope, The Warden:
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Bradshaw en · PROPN
Etymology
From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.
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The name of some places in Northern England. ▸ A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7312).
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The name of some places in Northern England. ▸ A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0830).
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The name of some places in Northern England. ▸ A hamlet in Longsdon parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9455).
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The name of some places in Northern England. ▸ A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0514)
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A habitational surname from Old English derived from these places.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in York County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Montgomery County and Roanoke County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in McDowell County, West Virginia.
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Bradshaw en · VERB
Etymology
From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To navigate by following railway lines.
Near-synonym: IFR
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.
1944, Jerrard Tickell, quoting Gp Capt John Mitchell, Ascalon, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published 1964, page 88:
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