cradle walk

English

Noun

cradle walk (plural cradle walks)

(now historical) A garden footpath with trees arching over it. [from 17th c.]
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
  [T]he door opened into a garden, laid out in a cradle-walk, and intervening parterres of roses and other flowers.

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