Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN'ROAD, n. [in and road.]

1. The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion. The confines of England and Scotland were formerly harassed with frequent inroads. The English made inroads into Scotland, and the Scotch into England, and the country was sometimes desolated.
2. Attack; encroachment.