English

Alternative forms

• thoroughfare

Noun

thorofare ‎(plural thorofares)

1. Simplified spelling of throughfare; a road, path, or way forming a route between two places

   • 1941, Slave Narratives, Vol. II, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:

     Gaines Avenue was once a "Quality Street". It runs on a diagonal from Malvern Avenue, a one-time first class residential thorofare to the Missouri Pacific Tracks.

   • 1951, Ruth Baumann, A Framework for Thorofare Planning in Madison Metropolitan Area, Digitized edition, University of Wisconsin, published 2007, page 1:

     Thorofare planning is closely interwoven …

   • 2009, Lajoux Reed, Reed's Nautical Almanac East Coast, Reed's Nautical Almanac, ISBN 9781884666957, page 25:

     From Jericho Bay, it's possible to take either the Eggemoggin Reach to the N, or the Deer Island Thorofare to the S. … There are 2 well-marked channels into Deer Island Thorofare.

Related terms

• thoro
• thoroly