English

Alternative forms

• river way, river-way

Noun

riverway ‎(plural riverways)

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.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2005.
• riverway at OneLook Dictionary Search