shunpike

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

shunpikes

1.
A side road or route.
In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called.

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verb

V_es/s

shunpikes

V_ing/Gerund

shunpiking

V_ed/pp

shunpiked

1.
To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.

Nguồn gốc từ

shun turnpike.