foot pavement
Example Sentences
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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)
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
With the bold assurance of their twenty summers, these young fellows took possession of the foot pavement.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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
The policeman, in the most positive manner, said he saw the Marquis pull his horse upon the foot pavement, and whip the animal to make him go the faster.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
