Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A narrow country road.
- noun A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.
- noun A narrow passage, course, or track, especially.
- noun A prescribed course for ships or aircraft.
- noun A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles.
- noun Sports One of a set of parallel courses marking the bounds for contestants in a race, especially in swimming or track.
- noun Sports A wood-surfaced passageway or alley along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- noun Sports An unmarked lengthwise area of a playing field or ice rink viewed as the main playing area for a particular position, such as a wing in soccer.
- noun Basketball The rectangular area marked on a court from the end line to the foul line.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A narrow way or passage; a path or passageway between inclosing lines, as of buildings, hedges, fences, trees, or persons; an extended alley.
- noun A narrow and well-defined track; a fixed or defined line of passage, as a navigable opening between fields of ice, a fixed course at sea, etc.
- noun The throat: more usually called the red lane.
- A dialectal (Scotch) form of
lone , for alone. - ourselves, yourselves, themselves alone. These usages arose by corruption from the older expressions me lane, him lane.
- noun In sprint-races, the space between cords, strung about 18 inches apart, which mark the straight courses of the competitors. The cords are hold by iron stakes, about two feet in height, driven into the ground.
- noun A Middle English form of
loan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Scot. Alone.
- adjective by himself; himself alone.
- noun A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
- noun A lengthwise division of
roadway intended for a single line ofvehicles - noun A similar division of a
racetrack to keep runners apart - noun A course designated for
ships oraircraft
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
- noun a narrow way or road
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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III. i.38 (51,2) And turn pre-ordinance and first decree/Into the lane of children] I do not veil understand what is meant by the _lane_ of children.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The use of a shoulder on a modern autopista as an extra lane is the rule in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.
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The Department for Transport plans to run three pilots of what it calls a lane rental scheme later in the year.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph David Millward 2012
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The Department for Transport plans to run three pilots of what it calls a lane rental scheme later in the year.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph David Millward 2012
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I think, he is thinking that at some point a reduction in lane capacity will be the straw that causes a quantum jump in congestion.
Cascade Encourages Members to Send Rasmussen Tums for Nickerson “Indigestion” « PubliCola 2010
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In the few places where a bike lane is present, more often than not, a double-parked car is there as well, forcing the bicyclist into the traffic lane.
Maryland bike law isn’t enough washingtonpost.com editors 2010
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Taking the lane is particularly good when the only other option is to ride in the door zone.
I Have Seen the Future, and It Is Wobbly and Unsafe « PubliCola 2010
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A fourth southbound lane is scheduled to open this fall.
Northern Virginia transportation plan update Robert Thomson 2010
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In this instance, I think a bike lane is better than a cycle track.
City’s Bike Work Plan Shows Promise and Problems « PubliCola 2010
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If they signal I am pretty apt to slow down and let them move out into the main lane and turn.
A Scintillating Rant About Small Flashing Lights « PubliCola 2010
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Appearing like trenches dragged into the earth, sunken lanes, also called hollow-ways or holloways, are centuries-old thoroughfares worn down by the traffic of time.
Holloways: Roads Tunneled into the Earth by Time Allison Meier 2021
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