towing path
Britishnoun
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The towing path is not worn, and there is no occasion for a tow rope, which always causes difficulty when two boats cross one another.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various
A man, knee-deep near the towing path, shouted inaudibly to me and pointed.
From The War of the Worlds by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The towing path had a thin bed of clay under the gravel, and its outer edge was protected by an iron railing.
From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Smiles, Samuel
As the thought of the terrible duty-calls flashed through her mind Toni slipped down from her perch on the balustrade and made her way down to the towing path beneath.
From The Making of a Soul by Rhodes, Kathlyn
Suave est, it's what I'm partial to, mari mango, in the last reach, terra, from the towing path, alterius magnum spectare laborem, to witness the tortures of you wretched beggars in the boat.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
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