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From Middle English fotwei, equivalent to foot +‎ way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutwai, German Fußweg.

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footway (plural footways)

  1. A passage reserved only for pedestrians.
    • 2019 October, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways, page 92:
      On the right, as you enter from Whitechapel Road, is the public footway to Durward Street that will provide a new route across the railway during the day.

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