Riverway

Alternative forms

• river way, river-way

Full definition of riverway

Noun

1. The segment of a river or route on a river which is traversed by watercraft.
• 1886, Amelia E. Barr, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, ch. 3:"That is the boat of Captain Hyde. What comes he this way for?""The river way is free to all, Joanna."
• 1921, Basil King, The Empty Sack, ch. 25:Manhattan was a line of constellations, the riverway a gulf of darkness in which were scattered stars.
• 1993 July 17, Rupert Cornwell, "Defences crumble as mighty rivers merge," Independent (UK) (retrieved 19 Jan 2014)Barge traffic on the country's most important commercial riverway is completely paralysed.
• 2007 Feb. 23, Stephen Regenold, "Deep Inside the Yucatán," New York Times (retrieved 19 Jan 2014)An advanced Mesoamerican civilization of temples, pyramids, ball courts and paved roads sprouted and grew not near a seaport or on a riverway, but deep inland at jungle oases.