A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats.
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A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
Synonym: towing path
A towpath is a road or track that runs alongside the banks of a river, canal or other inland waterway. The purpose of a towpath is to allow a land vehicle, beast of burden or a team of human pullers to tow a boat, often a barge. This mode of transport was common before efficient engines could be fitted on boats and where sailing was impossible due to rapid current, tunnels and bridges, or unfavourable winds.
Many of these towpaths have been converted to multi-use trails in modern times since they are not used to tow barges anymore. They are still named towpaths although they are not used as such.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trækvej (ved flod)
Français (French)
n. - chemin de halage
Deutsch (German)
n. - Treidelpfad
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρόχθιο μονοπάτι ρυμούλκησης βάρκας κ.λπ. που κινείται σε κανάλι ή ποταμό
Português (Portuguese)
n. - caminho de sirga (m)
Русский (Russian)
(мор.) бочевник, пешеходная дорога по берегу реки
Español (Spanish)
n. - camino de sirga
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pråm (drag)väg (på kanalbank o.dyl)
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
拉船路, 牵道
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拉船路, 牽道
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) طريق محاذي لضفه النهر للناس, أو ألحيوانات ألمربوطه بالسفن أو ألزوارق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שביל לסוסים גוררי דוברות או סירות (לאורך תעלה/נהר)
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