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Driftway

Driftway \Drift"way`\, n.

  1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle.
    --Cowell. Burrill.

  2. (Mining) Same as Drift, 11.

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driftway

n. 1 A common road or path for driving cattle. 2 (context mining English) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine. 3 (cx US Rhode Island English) An access road to the sea.

Usage examples of "driftway".

Twice strange males and once a strange female rode the driftways to her table, but she shook her head, not wanting company or any of the complications it might bring, and they went away again.