From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishruttedrut‧ted /ˈrʌtɪd/ adjective TTRLINEa surface that is rutted has deep narrow tracks in it left by the wheels of vehicles → uneven
Examples from the Corpus
rutted• After the snow melted, the roads were rutted and muddy.• The Chaika pulled into a rutted cart-track and stopped.• They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track.• This family lived between two farms up a narrow, deeply rutted country lane.• The road is rutted mud, with potholes like emptied boils.• Jack went down a rutted, muddy track to a low stone-built wall behind which was a ploughed field.• Then we were crossing a rutted rock pavement, a trig point incongruously ahead.• Then the light had crept forward, down the rutted track that led to nowhere but their house.• In the distance, Ybreska saw a vehicle approaching, throwing up huge dust-clouds as it bumped along the rutted track. 