Easton's Bible Dictionary Only in Judges 5:6 and Psalm 125:5; literally "winding or twisted roads." The margin has "crooked ways."

Multi-Version Concordance By-ways (1 Occurrence) Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through by-ways. (WBS)