causey

noun

1. (obsolete)An embankment holding in water; a dam.
2. (dialectal)A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.

   “than com Soriondes with all his peple that was so grete, and sette ouer the cauchie so rudely as horse myght renne.”

   “He said he would pay them a cent for every two loads of stones or gravel which they should wheel in to make the causey.”

   “I could see through the open doorway some fishermen in guernseys sitting on the grass listening, and a boat was drawn up on the shingle and others moored to the cauchie.”

3. (dialectal)A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones.

   “Satan went down The Causey to Hell Gate.”

name

1. A surname.