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towing path

British  

noun

  1. another name for towpath

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A man, knee-deep near the towing path, shouted inaudibly to me and pointed.

From The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

At the farther end of the Privy Garden, fencing it from the towing path, are some magnificent iron gates and screens.

From Hampton Court by E. W. Haslehust

From our windows looking across the Thames between the trees on the towing path we had a wide view of the river with the chimneys of the factories on the opposite bank.

From The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux

Last night after I had had my supper I thought I'd like a stroll and a quiet smoke along the towing path before turning in.

From A Master of Mysteries by J. Ambrose Walton

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 Kathlyn Rhodes

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