Lane \Lane\, n. [OE. lane, lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D.
laan, OFries. lana, lona.]
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; as, a lane between lines
of men, or through a field of ice.
It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can
not go through. --Tyndale.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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