Category:Causeway

Cause"way, Cau"sey, n. Etym: [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussée, 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.]

Defn: A way or road rasid 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. - ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Causeway - A raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 26:18). In 2 Chronicles 9:11 the same word is translated "terrace."