thoroughpass

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English

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Etymology

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From thorough- +‎ pass.

Noun

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thoroughpass (plural thoroughpasses)

  1. (rare) A connected passage; conduit or channel.
    • 1989, Applied Geography: Prof. S.P. Chatterjee Commemorative Volume:
      Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node.
  2. (rare) A way through; thoroughfare.
    • 1826, Journals of the House of Commons, volume 82, page 390:
      [] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, []
    • 2010, Michael Laimo, The Demonologist:
      Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes.