Obs. [f. LENGTH sb. + WAY.] The direction of the length of something. Only used in advb. phrase (the lengthway of…), and attrib. (quasi-adj.) = LENGTHWISE a.
1691. T. H[ale], Acc. New Invent., 121. The three perpendicular length-way sections following.
1763. Museum Rusticum, I. 3. A notch, in which … lies the end of a pole, the length way of the frame.
