footworn

American  

[foot-wawrn, -wohrn] / ˈfʊtˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

adjective

1. worn worn down by the feet: foot.

   a footworn pavement.

2. footsore.

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footworn British  

/ ˈfʊtˌwɔːn /

adjective

1. Also: footweary.  footsore

2. worn away by the feet

   a footworn staircase

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Etymology

Origin of footworn

First recorded in 1785–95; foot + worn

Example Sentences

These ancient ley lines—some interpret them as energy lines, others as the footworn routes of pilgrims and drovers—crisscross fields in southwest England.

From The Wall Street Journal

The chains lie silent on the footworn stones;

From Project Gutenberg

I do not like to raise my eyes from the path until I reach the top; therefore I see first the footworn stones, which have the polish of a floor worn smooth by countless feet, though this path’s surface is worn by the feet of uncounted generations.

From Project Gutenberg

On its crest, you can still see its prayer shrines, and the footworn path where refugees from war ran down to the river for water from encampment on the crest.

From Project Gutenberg

Like phantoms to the iron porch they glide, Where lay the Porter, in uneasy sprawl, With a huge empty flagon by his side: The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide, But his sagacious eye an inmate owns: By one, and one, the bolts full easy slide:— The chains lie silent on the footworn stones; The key turns, and the door upon its hinges groans.

From Project Gutenberg