Sentence:  The <WSD>road</WSD> seemed animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old sword , or cutlass . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation