a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor
There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade, than any thing else .
A way used for travelling between places, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Modern roads, both rural and urban, are designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions
the end of the road: see end. Traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. The earliest roads developed from paths and trails and appeared with the invention of wheeled vehicles, around 3000 BC. Road systems developed to facilitate trade in early civilizations; the first major road extended 1,775 mi (2,857 km) from the Persian Gulf to the Aegean Sea and was used 3500-300 BC. The Romans used roads to maintain control of their empire, with over 53,000 mi (85,000 km) of roadways extending across its lands; Roman construction techniques and design remained the most advanced until the late 1700s. In the early 19th century invention of macadam road construction provided a quick and durable method for building roads, and asphalt and concrete also began to be used. Motorized traffic in the 20th century led to the limited-access highway, the first of which was a parkway in New York City (1925). Superhighways also appeared in Italy and Germany in the 1930s. In the 1950s the U.S. interstate highway system was inaugurated to link the country's major cities. Burma Road Silk Road Stilwell Road Ledo Road Hampton Roads Hampton Roads Conference
Guards - Advance troops sent ahead of a military unit to detect enemy forces and protect the main force
{i} avenue, street, paved or packed surface designed for travel, hard paved or packed surface for vehicles; route; path, way; means to attain something; roadstead, protected area for ships to anchor; railway, train track; mine tunnel
Skid road in skidder or high-lead logging Cleared path along which logs are hauled to the landing with one setting of the rigging
or Roadstead: a stretch of sheltered water near land where ships may ride at anchor in all but very heavy weather; often rendered as 'roads', and does not refer to the streets of a particular port city but rather its anchorage, as in 'St Helens Roads', the designated anchorage for shipping located between St Helens (Isle of Wight) and Portsmouth, or 'Funchal Roads' at the island of Madeira (see Elizabeth Macquarie's 1809 Journal)
If you hit the road, you set out on a journey. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again
A narrow strip of land made suitable for travel between places. Modern roads are usually paved to accommodate wheeled vehicles
-A motor vehicle travelway over 50 inches wide, except those designated and managed as a trail A road may be classified, unclassified, or temporary
– A motor vehicle travelway over 50 inches wide, unless designated and managed as a trail A road may be
If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. The government took another step on the road to political reform