fareway
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English farewaye, fairway, fare-waye, from Old English færweġ (“a cartroad”), from Proto-West Germanic *faraweg, *faruweg (“fareway”), equivalent to fare (“travel”) + way. Cognate with West Frisian farwei (“waterway”), Dutch vaarweg (“waterway”), Middle Low German vārwech, vaerwech (“fareway”), German Fahrweg (“fareway”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹˌweɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛəweɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ
Noun edit
fareway (plural fareways)
- A road, route, or passage used for travelling over or through.
- 1907, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem, page 172:
- From Troy there's a fareway by sea direct
Across to the glorious ancient Athens; […]
- 2011, House Ascendant, page 362:
- He spoke of his several forefathers' experience at expanding the Far Fleets, which rendered safe all fareways running between the Attican Peninsula and all southerly depots that had been mentioned.
- 2022, The Spirit of the Vikings, page 6:
- The others parted their ships asunder, and made a fareway between the ships.