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单词 gravel-walk
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gravel-walkn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gravel n., walk n.1
Etymology: < gravel n. + walk n.1
An alley or path in a garden or pleasure-ground, laid with gravel.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground > with specific surface
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1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. f5v Gravel walks.
1782 V. Knox Ess. I. lxxv. 323 My garden was laid out in gravel walks, intersecting each other at right angles.
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. iii. 68 Divided by three winding gravel walks.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 28 The quadrangle is laid out in grass-plats and gravel-walks.
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