outroad

noun3

1. •
   A way out from a place or situation.

   • Things have calmed down since then, and we've accepted fairly pragmatically that neither approach makes a lick of sense, that synthesis is the necessary outroad. — 2005
2. •
   (no longer used) An excursion.
3. •
   (no longer used) A foray into an enemy's territory, especially a hostile attack.

   • So that we have to sweep laboriously the Morawa-Taya Valleys; and undertake first one and then another outroad, or sharp swift sally, against those troublesome barbarians. — 1862