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ˈwalkway orig. U.S.
Also walk-way.
[f. walk n.1 or v.1 + way n.1]
1. = walk n.1 9 c.
1792in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1865) VII. 37/2 John Sanders.. agrees to pave the walk way in front of his Father's Estate. 1816W. Bentley Diary (1914) IV. 405 A walkway for the first time has been raised in the principal streets in the eastern part of the Town. 1904N.Y. Evening Post 14 May 5 A space..sufficient to provide each house with a walkway to the rear. 1976Outdoor Living (N.Z.) I. ii. 42 (caption) Quarry tiled walkway and meandering plants leading through a painted brick archway give a pleasant first impression to this home. 1980Daily Tel. 16 June 2/1 Paths affected by housing development should be retained as ‘walkways’ through the new estate.
2. A pedestrian passageway linking different parts of a building or structure or complex of buildings, esp. one raised above ground-level and separating the users from machinery, traffic, etc. Also, a specially built path taking sightseers through an area of natural beauty or the like.
1928R. H. Lansburgh Industr. Management (ed. 2) xv. 175 Accident prevention by making floors and walk⁓ways safe is a big factor in the industrial accident toll. 1933Meccano Mag. Feb. 109/1 There is perfect communication between all members of the crew, a walk-way from end to end of the aeroplane being provided to enable members to change places quickly. 1953Archit. Rev. CXIII. 83 (caption) The walkway..passes under the three classroom blocks and links the two main courts. 1959Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 18/4 The lay-out [of London Zoo] will include all-weather covered elevated walkways from the main gate. 1960Guardian 20 May 7/2 First-floor shops, walkways and bridges for pedestrians. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom i. 13 The long wooden walkways above the tidal mud, the yachts moored bows-on in tiers. 1968New Scientist 26 Sept. 640/2 There will be..a moving walkway along the pier to the two terminals [at Heathrow Airport]. 1973Times 18 Oct. (Brazil Suppl.) p. vii/4 Tourists..will have ‘walkways’ through special jungle reserves which will remain undisturbed. 1979United States 1980/81 (Penguin Travel Guide) 250 The newly restored North Beach with landscaped dunes and oceanfront walkway. 1981Sci. Amer. Nov. 32/1 This environment, the home of the most diverse swarm of species,..is currently studied from walkways hung high among the treetops, steel towers rising into the leafy canopy. 1984Daily Tel. 3 July 1/7 Outside there will be Tivoli-style gardens with a walkway along the Thames. |