Sentence:  It was enough for people to know that at one time he had looked down the <WSD>street</WSD> at the fleshy suppleness of a woman he had consumed - watching her become thinner and thinner in the distance , as thin as the seams on her stockings , and still thinner . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings