(Canadian) A road that follows the one-mile section grid established by government land survey.
(Canadian) A road that follows the one-mile section grid established by government land survey.
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(Canadian) A place where a north–south grid road jogs to correct for the northward convergence of meridians.
(specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
(Canada, historical) A road laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers.
(US, , rail, historical) A railroad used mainly for transporting the produce of farmers or grangers.
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.