Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Causeway"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Causeway
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."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Causeway \Cause"way\ (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey \Cau"sey\
((k[add]"z[y^]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F.
chauss['e]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a
road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone
(cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel,
hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.]
A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground,
serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
But that broad causeway will direct your way. --Dryden.
The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
causeway
n : a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
v 1: provide with a causeway: "A causewayed swamp"
2: pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles
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