FromFrenchchaussée.
chaussée (pluralchaussées)
- Level ofsoil.
1863, unknown,The Edinburgh Review, volume CXVII,page160:Its other angles are at Quatre Bras and Sombreffe, where each of the two roads from Charleroi respectively falls upon thechaussée that forms the base of this triangle.
FromOld Frenchchauciee,chaucie, fromVulgar Latin*calciāta; there is dispute as to whether this is fromLatincalx(“lime”) or its homonym,calx(“heel”) (through the verbcalciāre(“stamp, tread on”)). CompareEnglishcauseway.
chaussée f (pluralchaussées)
- surface (of road)
- carriageway,roadway
- causeway
- (Belgium)highway. Belgian roads which are named in Dutch assteenweg (e.g.Waversesteenweg) and in Belgian French aschaussée (e.g.Chaussée deWavre).
chaussée f sg
- femininesingular ofchaussé
