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  • noun Plural form of footpath.

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Examples

  • So that there was no place which was not more or less green; the footpaths were the greenest of all, for such is the nature of grass where it has once been trodden on, and by-and-by, as the summer came on, the former roads were thinly covered with the grass that had spread out from the margin.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • So that there was no place which was not more or less green; the footpaths were the greenest of all, for such is the nature of grass where it has once been trodden on, and by-and-by, as the summer came on, the former roads were thinly covered with the grass that had spread out from the margin.

    After London Or, Wild England Richard Jefferies 1867

  • With sewage lines, TNEB and telephone boxes and even stormwater drains running beneath, the footpaths are the first casualty when repair work has to be carried on the utilities.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Fields of bluebells are in bloom around the perimeter and there are "footpaths" all through the grounds.

    Wow a blawger 2005

  • Examples include detailed tourist attractions, biking and hiking trails, or even a simple feature such as footpaths through neighborhood parks.

    MapQuest Extends OpenStreetMap Partnership With Launch of Open.MapQuest.com in U.S. - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Although concreting has been completed on the 22 of the 32 roads taken up for this work, other facilities such as footpaths and drains are yet to be created on most of these concreted roads.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • However, initiatives such as footpaths with blind strips developed by the Corporation, the slip-free footpaths on the Marina and a model footpath proposed by Chennai City Connect on

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • CHENNAI: Basic facilities for pedestrians such as footpaths and subways continue to remain woefully inadequate on arterial roads amid the growing emphasis on creating grade separators on Anna Salai to ensure smooth flow of vehicular traffic.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The Auckland City Council is looking to cut hundreds of millions in spending over the next 10 years on core services such as footpaths, public transport and stormwater to hold rates to inflation.

    whoar.co.nz 2008

  • OpenStreetMap dataset, with features such as footpaths and cycle paths that are not found on other online maps Be free from restrictive licensing - use our maps for routing, real time tracking and as a basemap to derive new layers

    Planet Geospatial 2008

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