well-ˈtrodden, ppl. a.
Frequently trodden; much used to walk on. Also fig.
| 1825 Waterton Wand. S. Amer. 164 A smooth and well-trodden part of the road. 1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 141 A solid, hot, stone pavement is not so agreeable..as the cool, fresh turf, or the well-trodden path. 1881 Tylor Anthropol. xv. 387 We need not go over the well-trodden ground of later history. |