pedlock
English
editEtymology
editBlend of pedestrian + gridlock.
Noun
editpedlock (uncountable)
- The condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic.
- 2008 April 6, Jeff Byles, “Taking Back the Streets”, in The New York Times:
- "We're going to spend a pile of money widening the sidewalks a little bit and narrowing the streets a little bit," Mr. Haikalis said of city plans to ease pedlock — pedestrian congestion — in Times Square.
Quotations
edit- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pedlock.