Dictionary

towpath en · NOUN

Etymology

From tow + path.

Meanings

1. A path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc.
   • From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths. 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44:

Forms

Relateds

snake bridge · pannierway · lock · greenway · towrope · rail trail · lockhouse · towline · locktender

Synonyms

towing path

Translations (22)

pt caminho de sirga (path alongside a canal or river) · pl ścieżka holownicza (path alongside a canal or river) · fi hinauspolku (path alongside a canal or river) · es camino de sirga (path alongside a canal or river) · ru бечевни́к (path alongside a canal or river) · de Reckweg (path alongside a canal or river) · nl jaagpad (path alongside a canal or river) · de Treidelweg (path alongside a canal or river) · de Treppelweg (path alongside a canal or river) · de Leinpfad (path alongside a canal or river) · ko 예선로 (path alongside a canal or river) · de Uferpfad (path alongside a canal or river) · nrf c'mîn d'hal'lie (path alongside a canal or river) · fr chemin de halage (path alongside a canal or river) · fr halage (path alongside a canal or river) · it alzaia (path alongside a canal or river) · cy llwybr halio (path alongside a canal or river) · de Treidelpfad (path alongside a canal or river) · fi vetopolku (path alongside a canal or river) · de Uferweg (path alongside a canal or river) · ca camí de sirga (path alongside a canal or river) · it alaggio (path alongside a canal or river)

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