skywalk

[skahy-wawk]

noun

1. skybridge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skywalk¹

First recorded in 1950–55; sky + walk

Example Sentences

According to local reports the club hired a specialist company and windows were installed in the skywalk area.

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Images promoting the game and its events can be found seemingly everywhere from city skywalks to crowd barricades.

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“He wondered,” he continued, “did engineers not even know how to build so simple a structure as an elevated skywalk?”

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They make up one of the world’s largest pedestrian skywalk networks.

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The stairs, which lead to a skywalk that bridges one side of the house to the other, were built from oak trees found on the property.

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