noun
Refers to the area beside a road or path. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts. The more common everyday word is 路傍 (ろぼう) or 道端 (みちばた).
道傍に小さな花が咲いていた。
Small flowers were blooming by the side of the road.
道傍の石に腰を下ろした。
I sat down on a stone at the roadside.