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foot-path, footpath|ˈfʊtpɑːθ, -æ-|
1. a. A path for foot-passengers only.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 141 Lyke as the fote path or waye ledeth to the cite. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. i. 58 Glou. Know'st thou the way to Douer? Edg. Both style, and gate; Horseway, and foot-path. 1786Burns Brigs of Ayr 100 Your poor, narrow foot-path of a street. 1842Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 156 A foot-path about half-a-yard wide..cuts across the bit of green field.
fig.1535Coverdale Ps. cxviii. [cxix.] 15, I wil..haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes.
b. A pavement.
1813J. Lambert Trav. N. Amer. (ed. 2) II. 56 The street [sc. Broadway, New York] is well paved, and the foot-paths are chiefly bricked. 1908Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 8/3 His car struck the footpath-face..and the car staggered badly on the road. 1943K. Tennant Ride on Stranger vi. 50 The city swarm poured over the footpaths and across the taxi's front wheels.
†2. ? A pedestal. Obs.
1580Eccl. Proc. Bp. Barnes (Surtees) 128 There remaneth in the quere certayne corbile stones which were some time fotte pathes for images.
3. attrib.
1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iii. 132 Jog-on, Jog-on, the foot⁓path way, And merrily hent the Stile-a. 1892Daily News 15 Feb. 5/1 The National Footpath Preservation Society.
Hence ˈfootpath v. trans., to make a footpath or footpaths across.
1844Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile Poet. Wks. 1889 I. 81 This shall..Turn back your rivers, footpath all your seas. |