A (deep) furrow or track made in the ground, especially in a soft road, by the passage of a wheeled vehicle or vehicles. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                            
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 And so the ruts on the streets were frozen solid.   | 
 A (deep) furrow or track made in the ground, especially in a soft road, by the passage of a wheeled vehicle or vehicles.  |                                                                          
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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 It was a trail through the bush but what we know call the Rideau-Ferry-Road, g-- yes, a- very much a trail with- with ruts and after rain it would be a quagmire.   | 
 A (deep) furrow or track made in the ground, especially in a soft road, by the passage of a wheeled vehicle or vehicles.  |                                                                          
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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 And dad- or mom, needed to go for some groceries, she had to get out first thing the morning when it was froze 'cause it could be ruts there maybe a foot deep. Some places on the Galbraith-Road there, there was soft spots in there too and yet they try and dodge the- the ruts the- where you get stuck in the bottom (laughs).   | 
 A (deep) furrow or track made in the ground, especially in a soft road, by the passage of a wheeled vehicle or vehicles.  |