boardwalk
noun
- an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway built with wooden planks that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːd.wɔːk/ / /ˈbɔɹdˌwɔk/ / /ˈbɔɹdˌwɑk/
name
Etymology: Properties named after streets in Atlantic City
- A board game space and the most expensive real estate property in the predominant U.S. form of Monopoly.
“He had to pay rent for Boardwalk twice while playing Monopoly.”
“You kids don’t appreciate Boardwalk and Park Place because you never had to work for them.”
- Atlantic City itself.
noun
Etymology: From board + walk.
- A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
“A man, whom we had noticed walking rather uncertainly, as if not sure whether he was going up or down hill, at this crisis came to a pause, staggered off the boardwalk, and leaned against the fence.”
“[A]bout the beginning of the war the greatest concern of [Ulysses Simpson] Grant was to get a good boardwalk laid from his house to the store. […] It is related, that after one of his great victories, some gentlemen of Galena had the walk laid, and telegraphed the General: "Rest easy, the walk is down."”
verb
Etymology: From board + walk.
- To install a boardwalk over.
“A footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.”
“The state Forestry Division is boardwalking the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail to prevent damage to its fragile ecosystem, and, as of this writing, they had completed all but a mile.”