thorofare
English
Alternative forms
- thoroughfare
Noun
thorofare (plural thorofares)
- (simplified spelling) A throughfare; a road, path, or way forming a route between two places.
- 1941, Slave Narratives, Vol. II, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
- Gaines Avenue was once a "Quality Street". It runs on a diagonal from Malvern Avenue, a one-time first class residential thorofare to the Missouri Pacific Tracks.
- 1951, Ruth Baumann, A Framework for Thorofare Planning in Madison Metropolitan Area, Digitized edition, University of Wisconsin, published 2007, page 1:
- Thorofare planning is closely interwoven …
- 2009, Lajoux Reed, Reed's Nautical Almanac East Coast, Reed's Nautical Almanac, →ISBN, page 25:
- From Jericho Bay, it's possible to take either the Eggemoggin Reach to the N, or the Deer Island Thorofare to the S. … There are 2 well-marked channels into Deer Island Thorofare.
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Related terms
- thoro
- thoroly