Definition of "Widow's walk"

Karin Carr real estate agent
Karin Carr, Real Estate Agent Keller Williams Realty Partners

Platform erected on a roof in some New England homes having a view of the sea. It was said widows of lost seaman would walk on the platform looking out at sea for their husbands to return from sea.

 

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