foot pavement

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The main street, the rue Royale, can boast of a foot pavement, which is seldom to be met with in this country.

From A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot by Fellowes, W.D.

They fell into line on the foot pavement.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle

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

When Mathieu and Marianne alighted from their cab on the Quai d'Orsay, in front of the Beauchenes' residence, they recognized the Seguins' brougham drawn up beside the foot pavement.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

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)