ETYMOLOGY
after French quatre (four) + voie (way)
EXAMPLE
“…Of these conduits two are speciall, the one of them standeth and is within the cemiterie or churchyard of the cathedrall church of the said citie, and is called saint Peters conduit: the other being of great antiquitie standeth in the middle of the citie, at the méeting of foure principall streets of the same, and whereof somtimes it tooke his name, being called the conduit at Quatrefois or Carfox; but now the great conduit…”
From: Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicle
By Abraham Fleming, 1587
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