cradle walk
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cradle walk (plural cradle walks)
- (now historical) A garden footpath with trees arching over it. [from 17th c.]
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- [T]he door opened into a garden, laid out in a cradle-walk, and intervening parterres of roses and other flowers.