Added 9 October 2026 carriageway noun Categories: ThingsRare Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about carriageway at Wordnik → Where our words come from → One of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes. Origin From carriage + way. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: roadhighwayroadwaydrivewaylanekerbsidetrafficvehicularunderpasscausewayroutepavement Back to today's word