Byroad
a side road.
Historical Examples
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories Albert Payson Terhune
Campfire and Battlefield Rossiter Johnson
The Continental Monthly, Vol. IV. October, 1863, No. IV. Various
Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) John McElroy
The Secret of the Silver Car Wyndham Martyn
The Terms of Surrender Louis Tracy
Adventures of a Despatch Rider W. H. L. Watson
Hero Stories from American History Albert F. Blaisdell
No Surrender! G. A. Henty
Return of the Native Thomas Hardy
noun
a secondary or side road
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