Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
well-trodden
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The floor of the back area was partly grass and partly well trodden cinders.
Wiktionary
well-trodden
a. Describing a route or path that is frequently used.
Usage examples of "well-trodden".
They tend to fall back on the well-trodden backgrounds and ideas from the stories that they read when they were young and impressionable.
As they were led along a well-trodden passageway that ran down the middle of the longhouse next to several hearths, she noticed wide benches with furs piled on them, extending out from the walls.
After an exchange of affabilities, Bond gathered up an armful of books and papers and followed her round the back of the club building and along a narrow, well-trodden path past a sign that said PRIVAT.