rutway
English
Etymology
From rut + way
Noun
rutway (plural rutways)
- (historical) A type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the day were guided.
- 1941 February, Charles E. Lee, “The "Railways" of Ancient Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
- Similar rutways built by the Romans were examined with care by Monsieur H. Ferrand [...], and he gave the following dimensions: 1.44 metres (4 ft. 8¾ in.) centre to centre of the grooves; [...].