The by-road was rutty and not kept; deep sluices showed on either side of it, where no effort had been made to check the ravages of heavy rains.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
And in the midst of tea a wild dissipation occurred, for a piano-van came slowly down the rutty lane which led to the front avenue.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
"rutty as anything and mighty hard running.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour