runway

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
noun a chute down which logs can slide
noun a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

From run + way.

"It was you in the runway? — The Chessmen of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
They often talked of these subterranean runways. — Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Trumbull White
"He's an awful big hog who's pulling logs at the runway. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

track, rail, rails

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