catwalk
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
catwalk (plural catwalks)
- (nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
- Any similar elevated walkway.
- 1963 June, “News and Comment: Victoria line engineering works”, in Modern Railways, page 370:
- The lengthening [of the District Line platforms] is being done so that passengers will no longer have to use the narrow catwalks to enter and leave the front and rear portions of eight-car trains.
- (fashion) A narrow elevated stage on which models parade.
- Synonym: runway
- (by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.
Descendants
Translations
nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge
narrow elevated stage on which models parade
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English catwalk.
Pronunciation
Noun
catwalk m (plural catwalks)
- catwalk (narrow elevated stage on which models parade)
Hypernyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
catwalk m (definite singular catwalken, indefinite plural catwalker, definite plural catwalkene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
catwalk m (definite singular catwalken, indefinite plural catwalkar, definite plural catwalkane)
References
- “catwalk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.