byroad

Example Sentences

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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

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)

By Emerson G. Taylor Miss Herron guided the fat horses into the byroad with the manner of a navigating officer on the bridge of a liner.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various

We had come to the point where this byroad branches off from the main highway when we heard the clatter of horses' hoofs behind us.

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

At first I think somewhat strange, but soon I see that there be only one such byroad.

From Dracula by Stoker, Bram