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verb (used with object)
3.
to pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles.
4.
to provide with a causeway.
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Word Origin & History
causeway
1570s, from M.E. cauceweye, first element from Anglo-Norm. cauce, from V.L. *calciata via "paved way," from L. calcis, gen. of calx (2) "limestone," or L.L. calciare "to stamp with the heels, tread" (on notion of a road or mound across marshy ground made firm by treading down), from L. calx (1) "heel."
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Causeway definition
a raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1 Chr. 26:16, 18). In 2 Chr. 9:11 the same word is translated "terrace."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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