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From tow +‎ path.

Noun

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towpath (plural towpaths)

  1. A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.
    Synonym: towing path
    • 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44:
      From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.

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