It was early, but not the first.
The substance that could be used to cool down a road to reduce its temperature is light-colored bitumen.
A winding road sign is a road sign that indicates that the road ahead will have a series of curves or bends. This sign is used to alert drivers to slow down and be prepared for changes in direction.
I live down the the road from her and when i was younger she used to babysit me. (parents were friends)
Belgium USED to be famous for its architecture. But now, they have gone down the road.
They are a range of spanners (wrenches) used mainly in the British aircraft industry in the 1930's to the 1960's.
1890
The sample on "We Shinin'" is from "Somewhere Down the Road" by Tower of Power.
First used in the 1890's as a nickname for a solider new to the front lines?
I wouldn't do it myself. You could run into legal problems down the road.
It came from when they used to execute people in England. Those to be executed would be walked down the road to be hung, and usually the owner of the tavern would give them one last drink on there way to be killed... One for the road.
A back road is a secondary road, a little used road, or a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternate to main roads.