: a path (as along a canal) traveled especially by draft animals towing boats
called alsotowing path
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebHorses would walk alongside the canal on a towpath, pulling massive barges of coal at first, and then all kinds of other goods. Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022 Planners also recently added a direct path connection between the bridge and the C&O Canal towpath below. Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 The towpath was busy with runners and cyclists, dog walkers and parents with strollers. Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022 Flat Start in Georgetown on the southern portion of the C&O Canal Trail, and follow the canal’s former towpath southeast past rows of Colonial-style homes to Rock Creek Park Trail. Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2019 Meyer’s artistic life has been overshadowed by her death: She was shot on the C&O Canal towpath in a murder that remains unsolved.Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 Keep your eyes and ears open because the towpath is popular with runners and cyclists.Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 There has never been a time when the walk down the towpath and across the rocks to the no-beaten-path above the river has been anything less than perfect. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2021 For a day trip, Caroline and I like to travel over to Brunswick and hop on to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath. Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 25 July 2021 See More