"causey" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: causeys [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calceāta. In Guernsey use after Guernsey Norman cauchie. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{m|fro|caucie}} caucie, {{m|fro|chaucee}} chaucee, {{der|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|calceata|calceāta}} calceāta, {{der|en|nrf|cauchie}} Norman cauchie Head templates: {{en-noun}} causey (plural causeys)
  1. (obsolete) An embankment holding in water; a dam. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-causey-en-noun-jiVAIWXe
  2. (now dialectal) A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-causey-en-noun-egxTRsSM
  3. (now dialectal) A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones. Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-causey-en-noun-dZlz8NJP Disambiguation of Roads: 6 36 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 5 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 4 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 9 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cauchie

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