forked road; branching path
Refers to a point where a road splits into two or more directions. Often appears in place names and in the title of the folk song 'Oiwake-bushi'.
If you go right at the fork ahead, you'll reach the station.
In the old days, forked roads served as landmarks for travelers.
horse driver's song; Oiwake-bushi
A noun derived from 追い分ける, “to drive or direct apart.” It came to denote a place where roads or routes diverge.