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corduroy road

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a road over swampy or muddy terrain built of logs laid side by side at right angles to the way.

See: corduroy ((n.)),corduroy bridge(def. 1),faggot road,log causeway,logged road,log-way(def. 1),pole bridge

Quotations

1829

. . . when the members of Parliament travel to their public business, the Road Bill and Turnpike Act are strongly forced upon their recollections; the Corduroy roads send in their own petitions in earnest.

1961

Floating muskeg surrounded the lake, so we moved onto higher ground and built a corduroy road back down to the lake.