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单词 footwalk
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footwalkn.

Brit. /ˈfʊtwɔːk/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌwɔk/, /ˈfʊtˌwɑk/
Forms: see foot n. and walk n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., walk n.1
Etymology: < foot n. + walk n.1
1. A walk, a journey made on foot. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > a walk or journey on foot
walkc1405
walking1542
footwalk1599
travel1724
tramp1787
foot tramp1808
foot tour1841
1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight iv. viii. 189 The vniuersall [exercises] (if a man can do them) are the better: and amongst them, one praiseth especially the ball play, foote-walkes [Fr. les pourmenades à pied], and riding.
1778 Monthly Rev. Jan. 84 A Rural Ramble... Describes, with some pleasantry, but indifferent writing, the incidents which occurred in a foot-walk to Brightelmstone.
2. A district assigned to an exciseman which is small enough to be surveyed on foot, as opposed to a ride (ride n.2 1). Now historical.
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1701 Instr. for Gauger of Excise (new ed.) 8 (heading) Directions to Officers who survey Foot-Walks.
a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) 298 The Market Towns in each District, and the Villages and little Towns nearest thereto, are laid into Foot-walks:..and the Villages and little Towns remote from Market Towns, are laid into out-rides.
1743 C. Leadbetter Royal Gauger (new ed.) ii. iii. 222 (margin) Foot-walks must be surveyed early every Morning.
1819 W. Anderson London Commerc. Dict. 701/1 Each district is divided into what are called foot-walks and rides.
1851 Pict. Half-hours of London Topogr. 32/1 England and Wales form 55 ‘collections’, divided further into 315 districts, and these into smaller divisions, called ‘rides’ and ‘footwalks’, according as a horse is or is not necessary for the officer in charge of them.
1905 Revenue Rev. Dec. 663 The officer in a foot-walk was instructed to go round his whole division early every morning, and observe who were brewing or preparing to brew.
2003 W. J. Ashworth Customs & Excise vii. 124 Foot walks were in cities, towns, and areas where there were numerous producers clustered in the same place.
3. A footpath; a walkway; a pavement, sidewalk.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path
walking path?a1425
footpatha1450
footwaya1450
foot roada1560
foot passage1614
footstep1620
foot track1672
footwalk1701
foot pavement1743
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road
plainstones1611
flanker1682
side pavement1685
footwalk1701
sideway1738
sidewalk1739
pavement1743
banquette1772
footpath1776
trottoir1789
walkway1792
parapet1795
causeway1796
flag-way1800
flags1801
pave1835
flagstone1840
flagging1851
walk1913
pedway1965
1701 View of Paris 3 The Course, where People take the Air is very long, having two Foot-walks, a Horse or Coach-walk, and an Oval in the middle.
1754 Scots Mag. Jan. 46/2 A young gentleman was attacked on the footwalk between Edinburgh and Leith.
1806 N. Webster Elem. Useful Knowledge I. xviii. 147 The streets in general are fifty feet in bredth, well paved, and bordered with broad footwalks.
1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales 194 Leaving him to sidle along the footwalk.
1916 Amer. Machinist 14 Dec. 1053/2 A platform or footwalk to give access to the crane shall be provided.
1954 Pop. Sci. Apr. 130/2 Two-lane elevated strips having access ramps for cars, footwalks and stairways for pedestrians.
2015 J. Lotowski in K. Mathéy & S. Matuk Community-based Urban Violence Prevention x. 170 (caption) Public lighting in streets and footwalks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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