Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thoroughfare"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thoroughfare \Thor"ough*fare`\, n. [AS. [thorn]urhfaru.]
1. A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to
another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public
road; hence, a frequented street.
A large and splendid thoroughfare. --Motley.
2. A passing or going through; passage. [R.]
[Made] Hell and this world -- one realm, one
continent Of easy thoroughfare. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thoroughfare
n : a public road from one place to another
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