Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

concession road

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
con-ces-sion road
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A road laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers.

Canadian usage

Etymology

So called because the land that comprised a row of lots that spanned the entire length of a new township was conceded by the Crown for this purpose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

concession roads (plural)

Questions

What does concession road mean?
A road laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers.
Where does concession road come from?
So called because the land that comprised a row of lots that spanned the entire length of a new township was conceded by the Crown for this purpose.

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