moving sidewalk

noun

1. a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.

Word History and Origins

Origin of moving sidewalk¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Bart remembered it, five years later, as he got off the strip of moving sidewalk.

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Quickly he moved down onto the nearest moving sidewalk heading toward the living section of the New City.

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The tapis roulant (moving sidewalk) is a very good scheme, as it takes you to every point.

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There was a low buzz of marveling conversation as we made our way onto the moving sidewalk.

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Always that moving sidewalk of questions—that dull, eager stream of consciousness sweeping by.

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