floodway means an engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From flood + way.
noun
- An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.“Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes.”