Full record for spaceway n.

Definition	an established route through space
OED requirements	antedating 1933
Earliest cite	C. L. Moore 'Shambleau'
Comment	Mike Christie submitted a 1941 cite from Robert Heinlein's "Universe". Cory Panshin submitted a cite from a 1975 reprint of C. L. Moore's 1934 "Black Thirst". Daniel Frankham submitted a cite from a 1982 reprint of C.L. Moore's "Shambleau" which Alistair Durie verified in its original 1933 publication in Weird Tales. Jeff Prucher submitted a 1940 cite from Gordon Giles' "The Story Behind the Story" in Thrilling Wonder. Mike Christie submitted a 1938 cite from Arthur K. Barnes' "Satellite Five". Earliest cite in the OED: 1947.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for spaceway n.

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1938 A. K. Barnes Satellite Five in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 16/1	For this was Gerry Carlyle, most famous Earth-woman in the System, admired and beloved by millions for her exploits along the spaceways.
1975 C. L. Moore Shambleau in L. Del Rey Best of C. L. Moore 35	It belonged to the type that frequents such places, those lawless men who ride the spaceways and live by the rule of the ray-gun, recklessly, warily outside the Patrol's jurisdiction.