cartroad

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cartroad

(ˈkɑːtˌrəʊd)

a rough track or road in a rural area

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cartroad - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

cart track, track

portage - overland track between navigable waterways

road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

trail - a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

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(This seems confusing, since it runs due south from Moscow, but it led travelers to Podolsk, where the eastward Polish Road began.) No more than a cartroad in Tolstoy's days, it leads the traveler through the ancient cities of Podol'sk, Lopasnia (renamed Chekhov in 1954), Serpukhov, and Tula--names that appear as postmarks on Tolstoy's letters back to Sof'ya Andreevna.