on-road
verb1
To travel in smooth terrain on a paved track.
- It’s hard to argue with more than a quarter-million Explorer buyers each year. Explorer quickly captured the imagination of both the off-road and on-roading public; count how many are parked at your local grocery store (and note that about 40 percent of them are a shade of green).1993 August 1, Tom Opre, “Jumbo Jeep”, in Outdoor Life:
- They prefer their 4x4s to have sensible dimensions for on-roading, as well as some ability in the dirt.1999 March 24, “Mid-sized Pajero not too big, not too small”, in The Press: