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n. - A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand v. - Pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles.

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  • Half way across the causeway was a wooden bridge, painted white.
  • In other words, the causeway might be the cause of its own destruction.
  • The buff stone barbican at the end of the causeway was a small fortress in itself.
  • At the far end of the causeway was a plot of level ground, strewn with potsherds and heaps of refuse.
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