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Webster 1913 Edition

Causey

{

Cause′way

(ka̤z′wā̍)
,

Cau′sey

((ka̤′zy̆)
, }
Noun.
[OE.
cauci
,
cauchie
, OF.
cauchie
, F.
chaussée
, from LL. (
via
)
calciata
, fr
calciare
to make a road, either fr. L.
calx
lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E.
chalk
), or from L.
calceus
shoe, from
calx
heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.]
A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
But that broad
causeway
will direct your way.
Dryden.
The other way Satan went down
The
causey
to Hell-gate.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Causey

CAUSEY

,
Noun.
A way raised above the natural level of the ground, by stones, earth, timber, fascines, &c., serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground, or as a mole to confine water to a pond or restrain it from overflowing lower ground. Most generally it is a way raised in a common road.

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