widow's walk

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English

Etymology

Apparently in reference to the women who would watch for their husbands to return from the sea, but would sometimes learn that they had been killed.

Noun

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widow's walk (plural widow's walks)

  1. (US) A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally used for viewing the arrival of shipping