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heelpath

noun

Etymology

From heel + path, a pun on towpath and toe (another part of the foot).

  1. derived from *póntoh₁s✻
  2. derived from *pántaHs✻
  3. derived from *pántaHh✻
  4. inherited from *paþaz✻
  5. inherited from *paþ✻
  6. inherited from pæþ
  7. inherited from path
  8. compounded as heelpath — “heel + path”

Definitions

  1. The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath.

    • The Century The Cowles found convenient spiles sunk in the heelpath.

The neighborhood

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