highroad en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of high road (“a main road or highway”).
alt of high road
In most parts of [ancient Italy] women were forbidden to walk on the highroads twirling a spindle, because this was supposed to injure the crops.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 119:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| highroads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |