byroad

Example Sentences

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He therefore struck off by a byroad and, travelling slowly along, turned off two hours later to a farmhouse, the lights from which had made him aware of its proximity.

From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

About half a mile farther, where a byroad turned off towards Fairfield, the riders came upon a remarkable group in high debate over a donkey—Lady Latimer, Gampling the tinker, and the rural policeman.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]

Along every high road, footpath, and byroad came horses and riders of various sorts and sizes, walking or jogging along towards the central point.

From Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Groome, William H. C.

Where the Fontanes highroad crosses the byroad to Sainte Lesse they were halted by a dusty column moving rapidly west—four hundred American mules convoyed by gendarmerie and remount troopers.

From Barbarians by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The horse no doubt came in on a sort of byroad that led to Camp Barry, which turned north from the Branch Barracks towards the Bladensburg road.

From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom