Heelpath /(?)/

Heel·path

Heelpath

n.

[So called with a play upon the words tow and toe.]

The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm. [U. S.]
The Cowles found convenient spiles sunk in the heelpath.
— The Century.

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