snickelway

plural snickelways · alternative snickleway

1. YorkshireA narrow alley between buildings.

   Soak up the city's history while exploring its maze of ancient streets and snickelways (hidden alleyways); you can get everywhere on foot and see many attractions in just a day.

   2010, Donald Olson, London For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, York: Ancient Walls and Snickelways, page 286

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   True, as you worm your way deeper into the Old Town, the streets become narrower and more labyrinthine, connected by a capillary system of snickelways and side courts, where the gable-overhangs become so extreme that daylight bareley hits the cobblestones below.

   2011, Jonathan Stroud, The Golem's Eye, Random House, →ISBN, page 271

   Follow Main Street, heading for St Mary’s Church, then go left down a snickelway (7) past the churchyard, which contains a railed obelisk in memory of Dr John Crosby, a good friend of Branwell Bronte.

   2016 April 26, “Walk: Scenic North Yorkshire villages round the river”, in Harrogate Advertiser

   Synonyms: alley