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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
widow's walk

▶noun N. Amer. a railed or balustraded platform built on a roof in early New England houses, providing an unimpeded view of the sea.

– origin 1930s: with ref. to its use as a viewpoint for return of a seafaring husband.

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