Definition of: route

(rt, rout) noun
1. A course, road, or way taken in passing from one point to another by any person or moving object.
2. The specific course over which mail is sent; also, the territory covered by a newsboy. See synonyms under ROAD, WAY.
—v.t. rout·ed, rout·ing To dispatch or send by a certain way, as passengers, goods, etc. [<OF <L rupta (via) broken (road), fem. of ruptus, pp. of rumpere break]
—rout′er noun