trottoirn.
/ˈtrɒtwɑː/, /trɒˈtwɑː/, U.S. /trɑˈtwɑr/ A paved footway on each side of a street; a pavement. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
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
1789 A. Young Jrnl. 30 July in Trav. France (1792) i. 150 The streets..are wide, and very well paved, with the addition, uncommon in France, of trotoirs.
1804 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 337 A neat trottoir of flat stones runs before the doors.
1828 H. D. Best Italy 88 Milan is well paved, though there are no trottoirs, or foot passengers' pavements.
1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxx. 181 The trottoir paving in most of the streets is extremely good, being of large flag stones, very superior to the bricks of Philadelphia.
1864 G. M. Musgrave Ten Days in Fr. Parsonage I. i. 22 Water-carts..irrigating..the splashed..pedestrians on the trottoir.
Derivatives
trottoired adj. furnished with a trottoir.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [adjective] > provided with sidewalks
trottoired1858
sidewalked1861
1858 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine (1860) iv. 185 The streets..are mostly broad and trottoired.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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