towpath

English

tow +‎ path

towpath (plural towpaths)

A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.
- 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44:
  From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.
Synonym: towing path

path alongside a canal or river

Catalan: camí de sirga m
Dutch: jaagpad (nl) n
French: halage (fr) m
German: (generally) Uferweg (de) m, Uferpfad m; (in the context of towing specifically) Treidelweg (de) m, Treidelpfad (de) m, Leinpfad (de) m; (regionally also) Treppelweg (de) m, Reckweg m
Italian: alzaia (it) f, alaggio (it) m
Korean: 예선로(曳船路) (yeseollo)
Norman: c'mîn d'hal'lie m
Portuguese: caminho de sirga m
Russian: бечевник (ru) m (bečevnik)
Spanish: camino de sirga (es) m
Welsh: llwybr halio m

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