towpath

From tow +‎ path.

towpath (plural towpaths)

1. A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.

   Synonym: towing path

   • 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 44:

     From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.

• pannierway