Footpath
['fʊtpɑːθ] or ['fʊtpæθ]
Definition
(n.) A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
Editor: Sheldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Footway.
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Examples
- Then he certainly took a footpath on one side or the other. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I drew aside on the instant to the footpath. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The labourer pointed out the direction, and added, Do you see that furze-cutter, ma'am, going up that footpath yond? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Diverging to the footpath, I made for the first break that I could guess at, rather than see, in the hedge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Along this same footpath, Oliver well-remembered he had trotted beside Mr. Bumble, when he first carried him to the workhouse from the farm. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- As the morning was fine and he had an hour on his hands, he crossed the river by the ferry, and strolled along a footpath through some meadows. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A footpath led across to the lonely cottage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Ellis