trackway

noun

track·​way ˈtrak-ˌwā How to pronounce trackway (audio)
1
: a beaten or trodden path
2
: a series of fossil footprints (as of a dinosaur)

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Holliday speculates that at least some of the footprints were made in what were once trackways that took mere seconds to traverse. ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025 On Monday morning the North Berkeley BART station was closed for at least an hour after a woman was struck on a trackway. Harry Harris, Mercury News, 12 June 2025 To conduct their study, researchers analyzed the two discovered trackways, which criss-cross on a 14-inch sandstone slab. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025 In April of 2023, a group of paleontology Master’s students joined forces with a team of drone technicians to collect drone footage of the footprints and trackways. Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trackway

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of trackway was in 1818

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“Trackway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trackway. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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