catwalk

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun narrow platform extending out into an auditorium
noun narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge)

From cat + walk.

The catwalk was wet with spray; lashed by wind currents. — Astounding Stories, June, 1931, Various
As he drew nearer, he could see men walking around a narrow catwalk at the top. — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
There were half-a-dozen tallish figures on the narrow man-railed catwalk running along her hull forward, and one upon the screened-in platform of her humpy conning-tower. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

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