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towpaths

  • plural
    of towpath.
    towpath
    noun
    a path along the bank of a canal or river, for use in towing boats.

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People have been urged not to go near a long section of the canal network and towpaths from the middle of the borough to Birmingham and including connected waterways in Wednesbury, Tipton and West Bromwich.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024

Volunteers for the charity spend more than 100,000 hours clearing litter from towpaths and canals each year.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2019

His bike of seven years was a Specialized Rockhopper, a mid-level mountain bike with front shocks, ideal for traversing wooded trails, canal towpaths and sturdy enough for the ride he took across Iowa.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2019

People do it behind motorboats and Jet Skis and, if necessary, cars, trucks, tractors, and horses running on irrigation-ditch towpaths.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018

It commanded also the water-way by the Tiber, and the towpaths on each of its banks.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani

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