a moving pavement for transporting pedestrians, as in a shopping precinct or an airport
Word origin
C20: coined on the model of escalator
moving sidewalk in American English
noun
a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians
Word origin
[1905–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, cadre, jazz, one-shot, thiamine