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catwalk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From cat + walk.

Meanings

1. An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
2. Any similar elevated walkway.
   • The lengthening [of the District Line platforms] is being done so that passengers will no longer have to use the narrow catwalks to enter and leave the front and rear portions of eight-car trains. 1963 June, “News and Comment: Victoria line engineering works”, in Modern Railways, page 370:
3. A narrow elevated stage on which models parade.
4. (broadly) The business of making clothes for fashion shows.

Forms

Deriveds

catwalklike

Descendants

catwalk · catwalk

Synonyms

runway · walkaway

Translations (35)

sh писта (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · da løbebro (nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge) · fi muotinäytöksen lava (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · fi lava (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · cs molo (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · cmn 伸展臺 /伸展台 (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · fr podium (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · nl platform (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · bg подиум (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · sh pista (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · uk по́діум (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · nl catwalk (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · de Laufsteg (nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge) · ru по́диум (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · nb catwalk (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · mt passarella (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · id titi lenggang (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · da podie (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · hu kifutó (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · de Laufsteg (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · pl pomost (nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge) · ja キャットウォーク (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · fi kulkusilta (nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge) · es pasarela (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · nn catwalk (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · is tískupallur (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · be по́дыум (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · fr passerelle (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · nl podium (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · ca passarel·la (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · pl kładka (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · cmn 貓步 /猫步 (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · pt passarela (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · id pentas peraga (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) · it passerella (narrow elevated stage on which models parade)