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catwalk|ˈkætwɔːk| [f. cat n.1 + walk n.1] A narrow footway or platform.
[1885B. Potter Jrnl. 20–22 Mar. (1966) 136 Fine rooms and such a slip of a garden at the back, a cat-walk.] 1917H. J. Stephens Gloss. Aeronaut. Words 4 Cat walk, narrow passage in the interior of an airship. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 50 Cat walk, a Western Front name for the brick-paved pathway, usually one brick (nine inches) wide, laid down across farm fields in Flanders. 1952W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 39 Cat-walk, a narrow bridge communicating with the two fly-galleries above and below the proscenium arch. 1959C. S. Forester Hunting the Bismarck 63 On the cat-walk two dark figures of Fleet Air Arm officers watched them circle. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 47 Cat walk, any long narrow gangway, especially when erected high over anything or above a deck that is awash in heavy weather. 1970J. Yardley Kiss the Boys ii. 38 Halfway up the catwalk she stopped and the cape fell clear of her body. Ibid. 39 Lucie began..her..mannequin perambulations{ddd}the spotlight followed her down the catwalk and back again. |