Boulevard
['buːləvɑːd]
Definition
(n.) Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.
(n.) A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.
Edited by Laurence
Definition
originally applied to those formed upon the demolished fortifications of a town.—n. Boul′evardier a frequenter of the boulevards.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- The friends had walked to the broad window overlooking the boulevard as they talked. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The Boulevard was all deserted, its path miry, the water dripping from its trees; the park was black as midnight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The streets were yet quiet, and the boulevards were fresh and peaceful as fields. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am aware that there are boulevards in Paris. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Inputed by Celia