Untravellable
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Unsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon. not-comparable, usually
"By encreasing the hollowness of a wide carriage road, much beyond the utility of form, the margins might no doubt be brought into a travellable state; whereas, of a flat road, in a wet season, every part, from side to side becomes equally untravellable."
- 2 Unable to travel. not-comparable
". . . the defendant to have the right to reject 1000 sheep from the number mustered, which were to include lame or untravellable sheep."
Example
More examples"By encreasing the hollowness of a wide carriage road, much beyond the utility of form, the margins might no doubt be brought into a travellable state; whereas, of a flat road, in a wet season, every part, from side to side becomes equally untravellable."
Etymology
From un- + travellable.
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