WIDOW'S WALK

Meaning of WIDOW'S WALK in English

■ noun N. Amer. a railed or balustraded platform built on a roof in early New England houses, providing an unimpeded view of the sea.

Origin

1930s: with ref. to its use as a viewpoint for return of a seafaring husband.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

WIDOW'S WALK — noun Date: 1937 a railed observation platform atop a usually coastal house
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WIDOW'S WALK — noun Etymology: so called from its use by the wives of seamen 1. : a railed observation platform built above …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDOW'S WALK — a platform or walk atop a roof, as on certain coastal New England houses of the 18th and early 19th …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDOW'S WALK — high porch or lookout on a rooftop of a house (generally a house situated in a town by the sea)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WIDOW'S WALK — Date: 1937 : a railed observation platform atop a usually coastal house
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIDOW'S WALK — Function: noun Date: 1937 : a railed observation platform atop a usually coastal house
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WIDOW'S WALK — [widow's walk] n (1937): a railed observation platform atop a usu. coastal house
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIDOW'S WALK — _n. площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома (особенно с видом на море)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома ( особенно с видом на море )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома (особенно с видом на море)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WIDOW'S WALK — _n. площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WIDOW'S WALK — n. площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WIDOW'S WALK — _n. площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
WIDOW'S WALK — ист вдовья площадка Огороженная площадка на крыше дома моряка в Новой Англии [New England, colonial house] в XVII-XVIII вв. С такой площадки …
WIDOW'S WALK — ист. вдовья площадка Огороженная площадка на крыше дома моряка в Новой Англии [New England, colonial house] в XVII-XVIII вв. С …
WIDOW'S WALK — площадка с перильцами на крыше дома
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIDOW — I. ˈwi(ˌ)dō, -_də; -_dəw, -_dō+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English widewe, widwe, from Old English widewe, wuduwe; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walke ), from Old English wealcan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDOW — (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Английский словарь Webster
WIDOW — (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
Английский словарь Webster
WIDOW — (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in …
Английский словарь Webster
WIDOW — ( v. t. ) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDOW — ( v. t. ) To endow with a widow's right.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDOW — ( v. t. ) To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDOW — — widowly , adj. /wid"oh/ , n. 1. a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WALK — /wawk/ , v.i. 1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDOW — v. cause to become a widow or a widower because of the death of a spouse; take away something valuable
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WIDOW — I. ˈwi-(ˌ)dō noun Etymology: Middle English widewe, from Old English wuduwe; akin to Old High German wituwa widow, Latin vidua, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb Etymology: partly from Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walken ), from Old English wealcan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIDOW — vt to endow with a widow's right. 2. widow ·adj widowed. 3. widow ·vt to become, or survive as, the …
Webster English vocab
WALK — noun conduct; course of action; behavior. 2. walk ·vi to move off; to depart. 3. walk ·add. ·noun a place …
Webster English vocab
WIDOW — [wid.ow] n [ME widewe, fr. OE wuduwe; akin to OHG wituwa widow, L vidua, Skt vidhava, L -videre to separate] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WALK — [walk] vb [partly fr. ME walken (past welk, pp. walken), fr. OE wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WALK — in horsemanship, moderately slow four-beat gait of a horse, during which each foot strikes the ground separately and the horse …
Britannica English vocabulary
WIDOW — widow BrE AmE ˈwɪd əʊ AmE \ -oʊ ▷ widow|ed d ▷ widow|ing ɪŋ ▷ widow|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WALK — / wɔːk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to move or go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDOW
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WALK — I. walk 1 S1 W1 /wɔːk $ wɒːk/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to move forward by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIDOW — n. & v. --n. 1 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIDOW — n. & v. n. 1 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WALK — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIDOW — n. & v. --n. 1. a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Oxford English vocab
WIDOW — ( widows) A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALK — ( walks, walking, walked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDOW — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES black widow war widow COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ Pepita had been trying …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cliff walk (= a walk along cliffs ) ▪ Shall we do the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDOW — [noun] [C] - a woman whose husband has died and who has not married againThe money was paid to Mr …
Cambridge English vocab
WALK — [noun]He went for/took a walk around the block, to clear his head. [C]They went on a ten-mile walk to raise …
Cambridge English vocab
WIDOW — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ grieving ▪ elderly , middle-aged , old , young ▪ rich , wealthy ▪ poor ▪ war …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WALK — I. noun 1 trip on foot ADJECTIVE ▪ brief , little , short ▪ We took a brief ~ around …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WALK
Longman Activator English vocab
WALK — n. 25B6; verb they walked along the road : STROLL, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WALK — v. 1 advance, proceed, move, go, wend, go or make (one's) way by foot, tread, step, perambulate, stalk, stride, tramp, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WIDOW — 1. сущ. вдова to become a widow ≈ овдоветь war widow ≈ военная вдова widow's mite ≈ вдовья лепта widow's …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние в) спорт ходьба (как вид состязания) 2) а) прогулка пешком to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIDOW — widow.ogg 1. ʹwıdəʋ n 1. вдова to be a widow - вдовствовать to become a widow - овдоветь 2. раз. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WALK — walk.ogg _I 1. wɔ:k n 1. ходьба sharp walk - быстрая ходьба the town is an hour's walk from us …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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