Corduroy Road
Chandler's Encyclopedia · 1898 · p. 22
Formed by placing the trunks of saplings or young trees side by side acro the line of roadway; resting them on supports or sleepers, and tying them down by side rails. The rough surface thus formed is often smoothed by placing smaller branches over them and covering them with earth. Hundreds of miles of this roadway were built during the Rebellion to pa wagons over marshy places otherwise impa able.
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