Definition of "promenade"
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
Quotations
Haussmann’s remodelling brought about the boulevards, the building lots, the promenades and street planting that remain inimitably characteristic of Paris.
2001, Alan Tate, “Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris”, in Great City Parks, London, New York, N.Y.: Spon Press, published 2003, page 47, column 1
verb
third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded
To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
Quotations
"The times are changed," said De Joinville, in a low tone to Francesca, "since Mademoiselle promenaded the terraces of the Louvre, with her fan ornamented with bunches of straw tied with blue riband, and half Paris shouting at the sight."
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), pages 298–299