moving sidewalk

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of moving sidewalk

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The group lifted the calf to the surface to breathe as they moved below, acting as a kind of moving sidewalk to keep the calf afloat.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

This jet stream is like a moving sidewalk at the airport, where storms can pick up baggage along the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

It means we're pushing up against the walls of the moving sidewalk we're already on.

From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022

Partway down Terminal B, the moving sidewalk that used to lead to a dozen gates now stops abruptly at a plain gray wall.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2014

I would have a tingling sensation in my stomach as I remembered walking on a moving sidewalk in the Amsterdam airport.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah