twitchel
noun/ˈtwɪt͡ʃəl/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English twichel, alteration of twychen (with change of suffix), from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”).
1
Midlands A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
- He caught her hand impulsively, and they went along the narrow twitchel.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC: