foot pavement
Example Sentences
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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
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)
On the Quai de Bourbon, in front of his door, he looked up, full of surprise on seeing a cab waiting at the edge of the foot pavement, and barring his way.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
With the bold assurance of their twenty summers, these young fellows took possession of the foot pavement.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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
