widow's walk
A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally…A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally used for viewing the arrival of shipping
Meaning
1 senses(US)A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally used for viewing the arrival of shipping
a lookout atop a coastal house
Origin
Apparently in reference to the women who would watch for their husbands to return from theApparently in reference to the women who would watch for their husbands to return from the sea, but would sometimes learn that they had been killed.
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Forms
plural: widow's walks| Singular | widow's walk |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.