foot pavement

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By talking and writing on the subject I was at length instrumental in getting the street paved with stone between the market and the bricked foot pavement that was on each side next the houses.

From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin

Broad foot pavement raised nine inches or a foot above the carriage way, running along the whole length of the Street of Tombs.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The main street, the rue Royale, can boast of a foot pavement, which is seldom to be met with in this country.

From A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot by Fellowes, W.D.

On the foot pavement sat several families whose barricades of chairs compelled the friends to step down on to the roadway.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

Umbrellas were being shut up, and wayfarers, who had taken shelter beneath the trees, ventured from one foot pavement to another through muddy streams which were rushing into the gutters.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile