Crossword clues for esplanade
esplanade
- In Cowes, plan a delightful walk
- Depraved noble doesn't begin to accept proposal for coastal walk
- Terribly pleased about a new walkway
- Terribly pleased to obtain a new walkway by the sea?
- Waterfront walk
- Scenic walkway
- Seaside path
- Public walk along a shore
- Open, level space for walks or drives
- Open space for walking
- Shoreline drive
- A long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
- Public walk with a vista
- Carried around in sedan, Alps easy place for a stroll
- Where to take in salty air and a sleep, possibly
- Seaside walk
- Seaside walkway
- Flying seaplane initially disrupts seaside walk
- Pleased with an extraordinary walk by the seaside
- Paranormal activity detected on path bordering a deserted coastal area
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esplanade \Es`pla*nade"\, n. [F. esplanade, Sp. esplanada, explanada, cf. It. spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L. explanare to flatten or spread out. See Explain.]
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(Fort.)
A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
--Campbell (Mil. Dict. ).The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
(Hort.) A grass plat; a lawn.
--Simmonds.Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"open space, level or sloping, especially in front of a fortification," 1590s, from French esplanade (15c.), from Spanish esplanada "large level area," noun use of fem. past participle of esplanar "make level," from Latin explanare "to level" (see explain). Or perhaps the French word is from or influenced by Italian spianata, from spianare.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. 2 The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country. 3 A grass plat; a lawn. 4 Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside.
WordNet
n. a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
Wikipedia
An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress' guns. In modern usage the space allows people to walk for recreational purposes; esplanades are often on sea fronts, and allow walking whatever the state of the tide, without having to walk on the beach. Esplanades became popular in Victorian times when it was fashionable to visit seaside resorts. A promenade, often abbreviated to '(the) Prom', was an area where people - couples and families especially - would go to walk for a while in order to 'be seen' and be considered part of ' society'.
In North America, esplanade has another meaning, being also a median (strip of raised land) dividing a roadway or boulevard. Sometimes they are just strips of grass, or some may have gardens and trees. Some roadway esplanades may be used as parks with a walking/jogging trail and benches.
Esplanade and promenade are sometimes used interchangeably. The derivation of "promenade" indicates a place specifically intended for walking, though many modern promenades and esplanades also allow bicycles and other nonmotorized transport. Some esplanades also include large boulevards or avenues where cars are permitted.
A similar term with the same meaning in the eastern coastal region of Spain is , but more widely referred to as ("esplanade"), ("promenade") or ("esplanade") in the Hispanic world.
Esplanade commonly refers to a raised walkway. It may also refer to one of the following.
The Esplanade is a mixed-use development under construction on Randall Road next to the lifestyle center Algonquin Commons in Algonquin, Illinois. It is part of the Algonquin Corporate Campus. It is being built by commercial developers Centerville Properties. Currently, plans are for a few mixed-use three-story buildings containing apartments and ground-level retail located in the center of the development, 280 apartments spread across a dozen three-story apartment buildings located in the rear of the development to be built by Marquette Companies, several office buildings concentrated in the center of the development, multi-tenant retail service buildings, and several restaurants located in the center and peripheral edges of the property, primarily along Randall Road and Corporate Parkway. Currently, 220 apartment units and 40,000 square feet of commercial space is being constructed. A daycare center will also be part of the development, as will several industrial sites, and a possible hotel. Focal features include an arch over the main entrance, a namesake esplanade which will connect the apartments and offices to the shops and restaurants in the front of the property, outdoor terraces in the office buildings, a community center near the apartments, and outdoor patio seating at the anchor restaurants, flanked by graceful ponds, fountains, and landscaping.
Usage examples of "esplanade".
Rue du Bac in the very centre of the city, passes before the Palais Bourbon, crosses first the Esplanade des Invalides, and then the Champ de Mars, to end at the Boulevard de Grenelle, in the black factory region.
He went away, and I left the coffee-house a moment after him, but when I reached the end of the street, instead of going towards the esplanade, I proceeded quickly towards the sea.
As we got to Kamp Hotel on the Esplanade Harvey stopped the car and got out.
The marimba player was setting up his instrument on a broad sidewalk opposite the esplanade, while eager natives watched.
Uncle Charley stopped to slip five sols into the poor box before he opened the front door onto the esplanade.
They had climbed up the Kanoni road past the archaeological museum and the old fort on its island across a causeway, along the esplanade and around the tip of the peninsula to Arseniou, then along the north shore past the containership fleet landing of the old port, past the late-sixteenth-century Venetian new fort toward the new fleet landing and the Hippodrome.
He went downstairs and found a pondside esplanade that had fewer mannequins walking along it.
He was a success at his job on the Esplanade which occupied him five days a week and on weekday evenings he usually took a walk, or drove out with Rachel, or drank a pint with Tapper Sugg in one or other of the local taverns.
Mathieu was very partial to the avenues, planted with fine trees, which radiate from the Champ de Mars and the Esplanade des Invalides, supplying great gaps for air and sunlight.
There, they drove along an interminable esplanade of trees and gardens, lined on one side by hotels the size of Pennsylvania Station, on the other by an endless stretch of cabins and bathhouses that blocked all view of the beaches.
A fine carriage, drawn by a pair of high-stepping perchers, swerved in front of him and rolled off along the esplanade.
He went away, and I left the coffee-house a moment after him, but when I reached the end of the street, instead of going towards the esplanade, I proceeded quickly towards the sea.
I left her in a state of frenzy, and rushed out, towards the esplanade, to cool myself, for I was choking.
They were leaving the French Quarter now, turning left on the boulevarded and tree-lined Esplanade Avenue, deserted except for the receding taillights of another car disappearing swiftly toward Bayou St.
In those days also it was the style for girls to wear long, embroidered shawls and orchids in their hair—these shawls were part of numerous dances of the period, when at midnight in the public bandshells, groups of music students from the university would unpack their instruments, and the asphalt esplanades would fill with lithe, expectant couples.