boreen
noun[C]
Irish Englishuk/bɔːˈriːn/us/bɔːˈriːn/anarrowlane(= asmallroad)in thecountryside:
All round the boreens aresmallcottageswhere many of theolderruralcommunitylive.
- Thecoupleboughtaneglectedfarmhouseat the end of anovergrownkilometre-long boreen inWestCork.
- As we weredrivingalong thecoastroadto Sligo, Petersloweddown beside theentranceto anarrowlane, or boreen.
- Martindrivesup ahillyboreenknownlocallyas theMayoLane.
- He hadfrequentlyledpatrolsalong thenarrowroadsand boreens thatranlikeveinsthrough thecountrysideabout Cork.
- Uproadsand down boreens I went in thetruck,carryingturf.
Roads: rural & suburban
- back road
- beltway
- bypass
- byway
- dirt road
- feeder
- highway
- main road
- orbital road
- relief road
- ring road
- service road
- stock route
- the highways and bywaysidiom
- thoroughfare
- through traffic
- throughway
- thruway
- trunk road