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winter road

• 1 Hist. a route used in winter, especially by dog drivers.

  See also: winter trail  

• 2a a secondary road used only when the ground is frozen, usually because the terrain is impassable at other times, formerly used by sleighs.

  See also: snow-road  summer road  

• 2b Lumbering a road swamped (def. 1) through the bush and used for hauling logs during the winter months.

  See also: snow-road  swamp ((v.))  (def. 1)  

• 3 Obs. a route following the course of a frozen river.

  See also: ice-road (def. 2)