Meanings
nounwalking pace (countable and uncountable, plural walking paces)
plural walking paces
- countableuncountableThe speed at which a person or animal usually walks.
The motorman had reduced speed to little more than walking pace as we approached the signal, and had the brakes released as we came up to it.
1959 October 28, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 7031 more example
An intermodal train from the Midlands creeps into the GB Railfreight terminal in Southampton's Western Docks, at rather less than walking pace.
2020 June 3, Paul Clifton, “Southampton feels the full force of freight uncertainty”, in RAIL, page 28
Translations
German Schrittgeschwindigkeit, Schritttempo
- Schrittgeschwindigkeitwalking speed
- Schritttempowalking speed
Turkish yürüme hızı, yürüyüş hızı
- yürüme hızıwalking speed
- yürüyüş hızıwalking speed
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APA
walking pace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walking%20pace
MLA
“walking pace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walking%20pace. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “walking pace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walking%20pace.
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