Type
Built, Functional, Path
Area of origin
Uncertain
Area of use
N England esp. Yorkshire and Lancashire
Related terms
- A narrow passageway between houses linking the street to the “back alley” that runs along the rear of a terraced row
- A channel, natural or built (obsolete)
- A holloway [N.E]
- In mining usage, a narrow underground roadway, which may have followed, for extractive purposes, a mineral vein. [T.S.]
Etymology
Of obscure origin: sense 2 suggests a corruption of French chenelle “channel”
Example locations
Entry contributors:
Nigel Atkinson, Nathan Emmett, Tony Smith