towpath

Etymology

tow + path

noun

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

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