Word Meanings - ROADMAKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes roads.

MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
ROADSTER
A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides. Ham. Nav. Encyc. 2. A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads. A sound, swift, well-fed hunter
ROADSTEAD
An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4. Moored in the neighboring roadstead. Longfellow.
ROADSIDE
Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.
BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
BROADSEAL
To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.
BROADSPREADING
Spreading widely.
BROADSIDE
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. 2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. 3. A volley of abuse or denunciation.
BROADSPREAD
Widespread.
GRANGER RAILROADS; GRANGER ROADS
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul;