ppl. a. (BEAT v.1 3, BEATEN 2.)
a. 1704. Locke, Cond. Underst., § 28. Their Master’s Rules … mislead those who think it sufficient to excuse them, if they go out of their way in a well beaten Tract.
1860. Tyndall, Glac., I. xxiii. 165. Ascending the mountain by a well-beaten path.
1883. Miss Broughton, Belinda, I. x. The well-beaten pathway.
