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carriageway

[ kar-ij-wey ]

noun

British.
  1. a road or lane of a road for use by automobiles.


carriageway

/ ˈæɪˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. the part of a road along which traffic passes in a single line moving in one direction only

    a dual carriageway

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of carriageway1

First recorded in 1790–1800; carriage + way 1
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Pictures from the scene show four marked police vehicles badly damaged - one with its roof ripped off - and a car on its side, with debris scattered across the northbound carriageway near Denton Burn.

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Hailey left the pavement and stepped into the carriageway as she banged the doors.

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Drivers heading into Hull in the early hours of 1 November spotted a young girl stood in the slow lane of the A63 dual carriageway.

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The M4 is closed in both directions near Bristol after a body was found on the carriageway.

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Police said father-of-two Mr Dove was driving "carelessly and recklessly", leading him to enter the wrong side of the carriageway and crash into the minibus.

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