towpath in English

noun
1
a path beside a river or canal, originally used as a pathway for horses towing barges.
Much of the route follows the towpath of the Caledonian Canal.
noun
    towing path

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "towpath" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "towpath", or refer to the context using the word "towpath" in the English Dictionary.

1. Bargee Painting on Towpath (uncredited) Una Stubbs

2. Byroad, byway, path, pathway, footpath, way, towpath, trail, track, road, street, alley, alleyway, roadway, passage, thoroughfare

3. The towpath is mounted above the water, with the inner edge carried on cast-iron pillars in the trough.

4. 4 The morning was grey and drizzly and Henry skidded a couple of times as he pedalled along the towpath.

5. ‘A canal, carried over the Mersey on an Aqueduct, was constructed by authority of Parliament.’ ‘(The lower level of the Aqueduct was intended as a bridge for people to use, and it remains this to this day).’ ‘It was the only Aqueduct on the Erie Canal to carry both a water trough and a towpath over a river.’