towpath

English

Etymology

From tow +‎ path.

Noun

towpath (plural towpaths)

1. A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.

   Synonym: towing path

   • 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44:

     From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.

Translations

path alongside a canal or river

• Catalan: camí de sirga m
• Dutch: jaagpad (nl) n
• Finnish: vetopolku, hinauspolku
• French: chemin de halage (fr) m, halage (fr) m
• German: (generally) Uferweg (de) m, Uferpfad m; (in the context of towing specifically) Treidelweg (de) m, Treidelpfad (de) m, Leinpfad (de) m; (regionally also) Treppelweg (de) m, Reckweg m
• Italian: alzaia (it) f, alaggio (it) m
• Korean: 예선로(曳船路) (yeseollo)
• Norman: c'mîn d'hal'lie m
• Polish: ścieżka holownicza f
• Portuguese: caminho de sirga m
• Russian: бечевни́к (ru) m (bečevník)
• Spanish: camino de sirga (es) m
• Welsh: llwybr halio m

See also

• pannierway