Bypath
//ˈbaɪˌpɑːθ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bypath; by surface analysis, by + path.
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