trackway
nounEtymology From track + way.
1
A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
- Fossil trackways of landfish […] tell us more about how their evolution proceeded in the later stages of this geological period.2024, Jules Howard, Infinite Life:
2
Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.
- Related terms
- trailway