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# towpath

«towpath» in Mova's school dictionary: **A path along the bank of a river or canal, where horses…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a towpath, towpaths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A path along the bank of a river or canal, where horses once walked pulling barges and boats with ropes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#m1)

2) Today, a path along a canal or river used for walking, running and cycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad, escaping in a washerwoman's dress, meets a barge pulled by a horse on the towpath, then steals the horse. In history, towpaths helped move coal and goods before railways. Safety today: on a towpath cyclists should slow down and ring their bells; keep away from the edge – the water may be deep and cold.

### examples

- We cycled along the canal towpath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#x1)
- A horse once pulled the barge along the towpath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#x2)
- Toad rode off on the barge-horse along the towpath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#x3)
- Ring your bell when you pass walkers on the towpath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#x4)
- The towpath was muddy after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#x5)
- Ducks waddled across the towpath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/#x6)

### note

Countable. From «tow» (pull with a rope) + «path». «Tow» rhymes with «go».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «towpath» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.