boardwalkn.
Originally U.S.
A footway or walking-path constructed of boarding. Also figurative.
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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 > made of boarding
boardwalk1872
1872 F. M. A. Roe Army Lett. (1909) 53 We reached a narrow board-walk that was supposed to run along by her side fence.
1888 Amer. Humorist 1 Sept. Perhaps the greatest attraction of Asbury Park is the board-walk. It runs along the beach for over two miles.
1895 C. King Fort Frayne vii. 98 The back gate stood open..and the board walk leading from it to the rear door was visible for half its length.
1906 Harper's Mag. June 61 A few days later, on the board-walk at the sea-shore, she came face to face with Hugh Wilberding.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options (1916) 61 That is a board-walk made of men like old Jerome.
1951 Archit. Rev. 110 100 This board-walk has a row of tables along its outer edge and thus combines the functions of open-air café and river promenade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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