alley-wayorig.U.S.|ˈælɪweɪ|Also alloway|ˈæləweɪ|.[f.alley + wayn.1]A narrow passage or avenue,e.g.between houses or between rows of cabins in a ship.1788P. M. FreneauMisc.Wks.223The article stipulated..that the alley-way should be sufficient for the passing and repassing of the plaintiff.
1854Harper'sMag.IX. 849/2,I was taken to the Auburn state-prison. And as I walked along the concealed alley-ways,..I bethought me of my theft of fruit.
1888Murray'sMag.III. 238The covered way, or ‘alloway’, on the port side, which led from the quarter-deck to the fore part of the ship.
1891C. RobertsAdriftAmer.231Alley-way between the after-deck house and the bulwarks.
1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 286/2The main street of this town was as dirty as the filthiest alley-way found in any large city of America.
1920Blackw.Mag.Jan. 108/2A local marshman as a guide, or you will soon find yourself lost in the maze of alleyways through the giant reeds.
1924WodehouseBill the Conqueror xi. 193Her decks and alleyways were crowded with voyagers and those who had come to see those voyagers off.
