widow's walk

English

Etymology

Apparently in reference to the women who would watch for their husbands to return from the sea, but would sometimes learn that they had been killed.

Noun

widow's walk (plural widow's walks)

  1. (US) A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally used for viewing the arrival of shipping
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