Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Avenue

Avenue ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French avenue, from avenir to come to, Latin advenire. See Advene.]

1.
A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit.
The avenues leading to the city by land. — Macaulay
On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry. — Milman
2.
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. — W. Black
3.
A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.