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boulevard ((n.)) † 

• 1 n. a wide, paved street, usually flanked by strips of grass and rows of shade trees.

  • 1903  Let us have safe streets first; boulevards afterwards.
  • 1906  A magnificent Government boulevard, 200 feet in width, which will eventually be the coaching road to Banff, fronts this property.
  • 1958  About 10 years ago the parks department [of Edmonton] began removing poplars from the boulevards and replacing many of them with elms. . . .

• 2 n. the strip of grass between the curb and the sidewalk, often furnished with trees.

  • 1891  ". . . I saw fish come up oot o' the hydrant an' the cat was eatin' ane o' them on the boolyvard."
  • 1912  (1914)  The Edmonton . . . streets are beautifully laid out in boul-ey-vards (so pronounced). A boulevard is a street with six feet of grass and a row of trees on each side of the road between it and the paths.
  • 1964  We cannot allow frontagers to tell us what will be done with the boulevard.

• 3 n. the centre strip of grass, concrete, etc. separating the lines of traffic on a highway or street; median.

  See also: centre boulevard  

  • 1958  Police said Grasdal's car straddled the centre boulevard near 111 Ave.
  • 1960  Following are excerpts from By-Law No. 330-60 of the Corporation of the City of Ottawa. . . . No person shall stop any vehicle on any street . . . adjacent to either side or the ends of any middle boulevard or centre strip separating two roadways. . . .