Meanings
plural towpaths
- A path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc.
From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.
2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44Synonyms: towing path
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan camí de sirga
- camí de sirgapath alongside a canal or river
Dutch jaagpad
- jaagpadpath alongside a canal or river
Finnish vetopolku, hinauspolku
- vetopolkupath alongside a canal or river
- hinauspolkupath alongside a canal or river
French chemin de halage, halage
- chemin de halagepath alongside a canal or river
- halagepath alongside a canal or river
German Uferweg, Uferpfad
- Uferwegpath alongside a canal or river
- Uferpfadpath alongside a canal or river
- Treidelwegpath alongside a canal or river
- Treidelpfadpath alongside a canal or river
- Leinpfadpath alongside a canal or river
- Treppelwegpath alongside a canal or river
- Reckwegpath alongside a canal or river
Italian alzaia, alaggio
- alzaiapath alongside a canal or river
- alaggiopath alongside a canal or river
Korean 예선로
- 예선로 (yeseollo)path alongside a canal or river
Polish ścieżka holownicza
- ścieżka holowniczapath alongside a canal or river
Portuguese caminho de sirga
- caminho de sirgapath alongside a canal or river
Russian бечевни́к
- бечевни́к (bečevník)path alongside a canal or river
Spanish camino de sirga
- camino de sirgapath alongside a canal or river
Welsh llwybr halio
- llwybr haliopath alongside a canal or river
Cite this entry
towpath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/towpath
“towpath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/towpath. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “towpath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/towpath.
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