a. [f. WALK v.1 + -ABLE.] a. Of a road, country, etc.: Suitable or fit for walking on. b. Of a distance: That may be walked. c. Of a person (nonce-use): Capable of walking.
a. 1736. Sheridan, Lett. to Swift, 12 May. Our country is now in high beauty, and every inch of it walkable.
1736. Swift, Lett. to Sheridan, 15 May. We were much disappointed that … your now walkable roads had not roused your spirits.
1822. Blackw. Mag., XII. 727. The square of St. Mark’s … is the only walkable spot in Venice.
1887. ‘Taken in,’ 58. The deck was not walkable, being wet and slushy.
b. 1799. Southey, Lett. (1856), I. 81. Eleven miles is a very walkable distance.
c. 1887. Blackmore, Springhaven, xx. Mrs. Stubbard came quite alone, for her walkable children—as she called them—were all up at the battery.
