footway

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtˌweɪ/

Noun

footway (plural footways)

1. A passage reserved only for pedestrians.
   • 2019 October, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways, page 92:

     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.

Synonyms

• (passage for pedestrians): footpath, platform, pavement, sidewalk

References

• “footway”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “footway”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.