Today the C&O Canal, the ditch, its locks, lock houses, aqueducts and towpath, is a national park, a playground for joggers, hikers, bikers and kayakers.
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Towpath
Synonyms for "towpath" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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Translations
22 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- camí de sirga noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Dutch
1 entries- jaagpad noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Finnish
2 entries- hinauspolku noun (path alongside a canal or river)
- vetopolku noun (path alongside a canal or river)
French
2 entries- chemin de halage noun (path alongside a canal or river)
- halage noun (path alongside a canal or river)
German
4 entries- Leinpfad noun (path alongside a canal or river)
- Reckweg noun (path alongside a canal or river)
- Treidelpfad noun (path alongside a canal or river)
- Treidelweg noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Italian
2 entries- alaggio noun (path alongside a canal or river)
- alzaia noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Korean
1 entries- 예선로 noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Norman
1 entries- c'mîn d'hal'lie noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Polish
1 entries- ścieżka holownicza noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Portuguese
1 entries- caminho de sirga noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Russian
1 entries- бечевни́к noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Spanish
1 entries- camino de sirga noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Welsh
1 entries- llwybr halio noun (path alongside a canal or river)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.
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