by-lanen.
/ˈbʌɪˌleɪn/ A lane lying off from the main street or road; also, a side passage in a mine.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > side lane or alley
by-lane1587
by-alley?1677
by-passage1697
wynd1952
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > other passages
by-lane1697
winze1759
spout1820
spout hole1861
downhole1880
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1350/1 The citizens..set vpon them..by the bylanes.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 461 The bielanes & narrower streetes were..fill'd up with rubbish.
1697 E. Lhuyd Let. 15 June in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 467 They make their By-lanes (as in other Pits) as the Vein requires.
1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxix. 189 Through by-lanes and cross the fields, to make their escape.
1868 J. Bright Speeches Public Policy II. 377 Turning fertilizing rivulets into every bye-lane and every alley.
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