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Footway

//ˈfʊtˌweɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A passage reserved only for pedestrians.

    "On the right, as you enter from Whitechapel Road, is the public footway to Durward Street that will provide a new route across the railway during the day."

Etymology

From Middle English fotwei, equivalent to foot + way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutwai, German Fußweg.

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