corduroy road

English

Noun

corduroy road (plural corduroy roads)

1. A road paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side, used e.g. to cross swampy areas.
   • 1903, Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Volume 2 Chapter 12:

     The army moved from Savannah on the 28th of January, 1865, on its march through South Carolina […] During this march, Sherman’s army had built thirty-nine miles of corduroy road through the otherwise impassable swamps.

Coordinate terms

• boardwalk
• plank road

Translations

road paved with logs

• Finnish: kapulatie
• German: Knüppeldamm (de) m, Prügelweg m, Knüppelweg m, Bohlenweg (de) m
• Old English: bēamweġ m
• Russian: гать (ru) f (gatʹ)
• Swedish: kavelbro (sv) c