bridle road
Example Sentences
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We cross the railway near a station, which, as a cottager told me is “Mr. Pease’s station; built for hisself, and not for everybody;” and take a bridle road leading to the hill.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
A narrow bridle road led through the ravine to Sabden, and along it, after quitting the park, the cavalcade proceeded, headed by Nicholas.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Those who were not on duty, to use a military phrase, returned across the moors by the way they came, and consequently reached the bridle road we have spoken of, together.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
A bridle road invites, but the thoroughfare being intercepted by brushwood and overhanging branches, it is not easy to effect a passage.
From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter
For half an hour my wife capers and curvets sideways along the bridle road.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton
