esplanade
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Roadsesplanadees‧pla‧nade /ˌespləˈneɪd $ ˈesplənɑːd/ noun [countable] especially British EnglishTTR a wide street next to the sea in a townExamples from the Corpusesplanade• Beach and esplanade include croquet, tennis and water sports centre.• Along the esplanade, countless cafés, and tempting ice-cream parlours vie for attention.• The band left us after lunch to play on the esplanade of Stirling Castle.• We walked up the slope and on to the esplanade.Origin esplanade (1600-1700) French Italian spianata, from spianare “to make level”, from Latin explanare; → EXPLAIN