thoroughpass

English

Etymology

From thorough- +‎ pass.

Noun

thoroughpass (plural thoroughpasses)

1. (rare) A connected passage; conduit or channel.
   • 1989, Applied Geography: Prof. S.P. Chatterjee Commemorative Volume:

     Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node.

2. (rare) A way through; thoroughfare.
   • 1826, Journals of the House of Commons, volume 82, page 390:

     […] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […]

   • 2010, Michael Laimo, The Demonologist:

     Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes.