: a low passageway (as in a cave) that can be traversed only by crawling
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To limit the amount of dust kicked up by the crawler—after all, dust is the enemy to any machine—a truck sprays water over the crawlway.
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Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
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Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
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“Crawlway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawlway. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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crawlway
noun
crawl·way
ˈkrȯl-ˌwā 
: a low passage (as in a cave) that one must crawl through
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