towpath
nounEtymology From tow + path.
1
A path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc.
- From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44:
- Related terms
- towline, towrope, greenway, lock, lockhouse, locktender, pannierway, rail trail, snake bridge