单词 | footwalk |
释义 | footwalkn.ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > a walk or journey on foot walkc1405 walking1542 footwalk1599 travel1724 tramp1787 foot tramp1808 foot tour1841 1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight iv. viii. 189 The vniuersall [exercises] (if a man can do them) are the better: and amongst them, one praiseth especially the ball play, foote-walkes [Fr. les pourmenades à pied], and riding. 1778 Monthly Rev. Jan. 84 A Rural Ramble... Describes, with some pleasantry, but indifferent writing, the incidents which occurred in a foot-walk to Brightelmstone. 2. A district assigned to an exciseman which is small enough to be surveyed on foot, as opposed to a ride (ride n.2 1). Now historical. ΚΠ 1701 Instr. for Gauger of Excise (new ed.) 8 (heading) Directions to Officers who survey Foot-Walks. a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) 298 The Market Towns in each District, and the Villages and little Towns nearest thereto, are laid into Foot-walks:..and the Villages and little Towns remote from Market Towns, are laid into out-rides. 1743 C. Leadbetter Royal Gauger (new ed.) ii. iii. 222 (margin) Foot-walks must be surveyed early every Morning. 1819 W. Anderson London Commerc. Dict. 701/1 Each district is divided into what are called foot-walks and rides. 1851 Pict. Half-hours of London Topogr. 32/1 England and Wales form 55 ‘collections’, divided further into 315 districts, and these into smaller divisions, called ‘rides’ and ‘footwalks’, according as a horse is or is not necessary for the officer in charge of them. 1905 Revenue Rev. Dec. 663 The officer in a foot-walk was instructed to go round his whole division early every morning, and observe who were brewing or preparing to brew. 2003 W. J. Ashworth Customs & Excise vii. 124 Foot walks were in cities, towns, and areas where there were numerous producers clustered in the same place. 3. A footpath; a walkway; a pavement, sidewalk. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path walking path?a1425 footpatha1450 footwaya1450 foot roada1560 foot passage1614 footstep1620 foot track1672 footwalk1701 foot pavement1743 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road plainstones1611 flanker1682 side pavement1685 footwalk1701 sideway1738 sidewalk1739 pavement1743 banquette1772 footpath1776 trottoir1789 walkway1792 parapet1795 causeway1796 flag-way1800 flags1801 pave1835 flagstone1840 flagging1851 walk1913 pedway1965 1701 View of Paris 3 The Course, where People take the Air is very long, having two Foot-walks, a Horse or Coach-walk, and an Oval in the middle. 1754 Scots Mag. Jan. 46/2 A young gentleman was attacked on the footwalk between Edinburgh and Leith. 1806 N. Webster Elem. Useful Knowledge I. xviii. 147 The streets in general are fifty feet in bredth, well paved, and bordered with broad footwalks. 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales 194 Leaving him to sidle along the footwalk. 1916 Amer. Machinist 14 Dec. 1053/2 A platform or footwalk to give access to the crane shall be provided. 1954 Pop. Sci. Apr. 130/2 Two-lane elevated strips having access ramps for cars, footwalks and stairways for pedestrians. 2015 J. Lotowski in K. Mathéy & S. Matuk Community-based Urban Violence Prevention x. 170 (caption) Public lighting in streets and footwalks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1599 |
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