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Definition of "footpath" []

  • A narrow path for persons on foot. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "footpath" in a sentence
  • "One day he heard a Raven making a fuss near the River which was about 100 yds down a footpath from the cabin's back door."
  • "Also, in London I recently walked along a road where right next to the quite narrow footpath is a building whose walls are festooned with notices saying that it is a prohibited place (I passed within a foot of at least one notice), yet numerous people were walking along that road and regularly do so."
  • "At length retracing the uncertain footpath scaling the precipitous embankment, I seek the level lands where grow the wild prairie flowers."