Plural of causeway; elevated roads or paths constructed across water, marshes, or low ground; raised embankments for passage.
Plural of 'causeway,' from Middle English 'causey' (from Old French 'cauciée') and the suffix '-way' (path). The word literally means a paved or constructed way, from 'cause' (to lay down or pave).
Causeways were ancient technology that transformed landscapes—the Via Appia in Rome, English fenland causeways, and Asian rice paddy embankments show how humans engineered passage through impossible terrain!
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