Definition of Towing path

1. Noun. A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats.

Exact synonyms: Towpath
Generic synonyms: Path

Lexicographical Neighbors of Towing Path

towery
towhead
towheaded
towheads
towhee
towhees
towier
towies
towiest
towilly
towind
towing
towing bitt
towing line
towing path (current term)
towing rope
towings
towkay
towkays
towline
towlines
towmon
towmond
towmonds
towmons
towmont
towmonts
town
town-and-gown

Literary usage of Towing path

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"The appellants are the owners and occupiers of a canal, towing-path and premises, a portion of which is situate in the parish of Neath. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield, Robert Gould Street (1913)
"Repair of towing-path, and fencing canal.— The towing-path of a canal is a public highway, but only for the purposes for which it was made.12 The ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1841)
"The said towing- path in Hanham is formed of gravel, stones, and other proper materials, and has always been repaired by the ..."

4. The Digest of English Case Law: Containing the Reported Decisions of the by John Mews (1898)
"A mandamus recited that B. was seised in fee of an ancient towing-path, on a part of the river, and to the exclusive right of towing barges at that part, ..."

5. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"The defendant alleged that he and his predecessors had always had the soil of the towing-path vested in them and he did not admit that the plaintiffs had ..."

6. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"In 1767, the trustees made a new cut, altering the course of the river, and adapted the towing-path to the alteration. Under powers of the Act, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Erskine Perry, Henry Davison (1841)
"\Vn.i.is :il..l i>l Ix-l-. towing path, and for that purpose to take the lands over which the towing path was set out, in a certain place mentioned in the ..."

8. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1901)
"There are also in the said hamlet several bridges and culverts over streams of water, over which bridges and culverts the said towing-path passes, ..."

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