footworn

[ foot-wawrn, -wohrn ]

adjective

1. worn worn down by the feet: foot:

   a footworn pavement.

2. footsore.

footworn

/ ˈfʊtˌwɔːn /

adjective

1. Alsofootweary footsore
2. worn away by the feet

   a footworn staircase

Word History and Origins

Origin of footworn¹

First recorded in 1785–95; foot + worn

Example Sentences

These ancient ley lines—some interpret them as energy lines, others as the footworn routes of pilgrims and drovers—crisscross fields in southwest England.

From Wall Street Journal

The chains lie silent on the footworn stones;

From Project Gutenberg

I do not like to raise my eyes from the path until I reach the top; therefore I see first the footworn stones, which have the polish of a floor worn smooth by countless feet, though this path’s surface is worn by the feet of uncounted generations.

From Project Gutenberg

Along footworn trails through grassland and jungle hurried the villagers, with feathers in their fuzzy-wuzzy hair, ocher paint on their black bodies, drums and pipes slung across their shoulders.

From Time Magazine Archive

On its crest, you can still see its prayer shrines, and the footworn path where refugees from war ran down to the river for water from encampment on the crest.

From Project Gutenberg