public walk

public walk

English

Noun

public walk (plural public walks)

1. A promenade or well-frequented pedestrian way in a town. [from 17th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.20:

     With this view he frequented public walks, concerts and assemblies, became remarkably rich and fashionable in his cloaths, gave entertainments to the ladies, and was in the utmost hazard of turning out a most egregious coxcomb.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop:

     In the public walks and lounges of a town, people go to see and to be seen.