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Meaning of corduroy road | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A road paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side, used e.g. to cross swampy areas.

Equivalents

Suomi kapulatie
Русский гать

Examples

“The army moved from Savannah on the 28th of January, 1865, on its march through South Carolina […] During this march, Sherman’s army had built thirty-nine miles of corduroy road through the otherwise impassable swamps.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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