Bypath

//ˈbaɪˌpɑːθ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.

    "Having gone to Chiang Chou from Chü-wo by the northern route through Hou-ma, we returned over a bypath through mountains in the south which has been gradually elevated from the Fêng River valley by loess deposit."

  2. 2
    a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bypath; by surface analysis, by + path.

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