footpath
nounUK /ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/ · US /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/
Etymology From Middle English foot path, footpath; equivalent to foot + path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).
1
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
- I felt refreshed after the short rest, and bade the old man farewell and started for town in company with the scared lad, following the footpath below the Grefsen hill.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160:
2
Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
- Derived terms
- footpathed