Meaning

1 senses
  1. A path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc.

    Uferweg, Uferpfad, Treidelweg

    бечевни́кbečevník

    a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Mist hung over the canals and towpaths.

    deDunst hing über den Kanälen und den Treidelpfaden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
path alongside a canal or river:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
path alongside a canal or river:

Origin

From tow + path.

From tow + path.

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Forms

plural: towpaths
Singulartowpath
Pluraltowpaths

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats:towing path

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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