{ Cause"way (k&add;z"w&asl;), Cau"sey ((k&add;"z&ybreve;), } n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussée, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.

But that broad causeway will direct your way.
Dryden.

The other way Satan went down
The causey to Hell-gate.
Milton.