footway
a way or path for people going on foot.
Also called footpath. British. a sidewalk.
Origin of footway
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How to use footway in a sentence
It is 67 ft. between parapets, and carries two lines of railway, two carriageways, and two footways.
The peasants had encompassed all the footways, though they were mostly of a mind that the Earl had made off to his ships.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonAt the west the ridge expanded into the Continental Divide and the trail divided into dimmer footways.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. MillsThen we were in the famous Paseo, a drive with footways on each side, and on one side dusky groves widening to the river.
Familiar Spanish Travels | W. D. HowellsThe two footways on either side are arched, with openings in the centre on to the central way.
British Dictionary definitions for footway
/ (ˈfʊtˌweɪ) /
a way or path for pedestrians, such as a raised walk along the edge of a bridge
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