right-of-way
First to proceed
Right-of-way is the legal right to pass through property owned by another, or the strip of land subject to such a passage: The utility company has a right-of-way across the farm.
In traffic, right-of-way means priority to proceed: Pedestrians have the right-of-way at crosswalks.
Yielding the right-of-way means letting others go first.
The plural is rights-of-way.
Produce or relinquish
- precedenceSuperior rank or importance
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- mergeCombine into unity
oncoming · turning · signal · pedestrian · roundabout · stoplight · uncontrolled · alternating
Compulsory labor under masters
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- propertySomething owned or inherent
utility · landowner · covenant · pipeline · power-line · transmission · telecommunications · drainage
Route for traveling
- trailPath through wilderness
- footpathRoute for pedestrians
- walkwayPath for foot traffic
- bikewayRoute for pedal-powered travel
greenway · towpath · bridleway · causeway · thoroughfare · railway · transit · median
yield
Produce or relinquish
- precedenceSuperior rank or importance
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
merge · oncoming · turning · signal · pedestrian · roundabout · stoplight · uncontrolled · alternating
servitude
Compulsory labor under masters
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
property · utility · landowner · covenant · pipeline · power-line · transmission · telecommunications · drainage · sewer
path
Route for traveling
bikeway · greenway · towpath · bridleway · causeway · thoroughfare · railway · transit · median · shoulder
taxiway
Aircraft ground route
vessel
Receptacle for contents
powerboat · overtaking · crossing · head-on · navigation · channel · fairway · nautical
- traffic lawstraffic laws, speed limit, speed limits, traffic law, traffic rules
- traffic termsrush hour, traffic flow, traffic signs, congestion, peak hours
- precedencepriority, rank order, pecking order, chain of command, seniority
- electrical gridpower grid, power grids, electrical grid, power line, power lines
- land parcelsparcel, plot, tract, lot, acreage
- outdoor ethicsleave no trace, no trace, tread lightly, pack it out, stay on trail
right-of-wayno access
Entry is prohibited
trespass · exclusion · blocked passage · restricted access · private property
right, highway, righteous, pathway, rightful, rightness, rightfully, righting, rightist