Road
Road (rō) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon rād a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, from rīdan to ride. See Ride, and compare Raid.]
1.
A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obsolete]
With easy roads he came to Leicester.
2.
An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obsolete] — Spenser
3.
A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another.
The most villainous house in all the London road.
The word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic term it includes highway, street, and lane.
4.
A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads. — Shakespeare
Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners,
For we be come unto a quiet rode [road].
My hat and wig will soon be here,
They are upon the road.
The highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly called.