footpath

IPA: fˈʊtpæθ

Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
(Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.

Examples of "footpath" in Sentences

On the lawn by the footpath was a motorcycle, the engine still rumbling.
The footpath was a very rough track which led upwards to a five-barred gate.
The footpath was a throng of people jostling for space, drifting onto the road, cars honking.
Cycling on the footpath is a good idea until it turns out someone has left a tree branch lying across it.
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.
At length retracing the uncertain footpath scaling the precipitous embankment, I seek the level lands where grow the wild prairie flowers.
I recall another footpath near Worcester, Massachusetts; it leads up from the low meadows into the wildest region of all that vicinity, Tatesset Hill.
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.