单词 | counter-walk |
释义 | counter-walkn. A smaller parallel walk as an accessory to a main walk. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground > parallel to a central sidewalk1605 counter-walk1664 1664 R. Flecknoe Short Disc. Eng. Stage (1869) 277 A..well contriv'd Garden, cast into its Walks and Counterwalks. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 41 Three Alleys close together, a large one in the Middle, and two on the Sides that accompany it, and are called Counter-walks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1664 |
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