snicket
noun/ˈsnɪkɪt/
Etymology Etymology unknown.
1
Northern England A narrow passage or alley.
- He cut down a snicket between two houses, out into the fields.1968, Barry Hines, A Kestrel for a Knave:
- Our bikes are where we left them at the entrance to an overgrown snicket of yew, ivy and Hart's-tongue fern, through which a stream dribbles its way into the Ouse.2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 89:
- Synonyms
- alley
- Derived terms
- snickelway