runway
noun
[ ˈrʌnweɪ ]
• a strip of hard ground along which aircraft take off and land.
• "the jet braked hard as its wheels touched the runway"
• North American term for catwalk (sense 1).
• "models strut down the runway in mysterious sunglasses"
• an animal run, especially one made by small mammals in grass, under snow, etc.
• an incline or chute down which logs are slid.