bridle road

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Appointments were made at the August session of 1775 "to view, and if they saw cause, to lay out a bridle road from the mouth of Bald Eagle Creek to the town of Sunbury."

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.

There is nothing for it but to take the bridle road up the hill, and try what we can discover on the other side.

From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton

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

From Martigny a bridle road branches off which leads across the Grand St Bernard to Aoste.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

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