cradle walk

English

Noun

cradle walk (plural cradle walks)

1. (now historical) A garden footpath with trees arching over it. [from 17th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [T]he door opened into a garden, laid out in a cradle-walk, and intervening parterres of roses and other flowers.