bypath

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bypath; by surface analysis, by + path.

1. An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.

   “Having gone to Chiang Chou from Chü-wo by the northern route through Hou-ma, we returned over a bypath through mountains in the south which has been gradually elevated from the Fêng River valley by loess deposit.”

   “During these days, the boy rode Sir Mortimer abroad in many directions until he knew every bypath within a radius of fifty miles of Torn. Sometimes the old man accompanied him, but more often he rode alone.”