snicket

English

A snicket in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.

Etymology

Etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɪkɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪkɪt

Noun

snicket (plural snickets)

1. (Northern England) A narrow passage or alley. [from 19th c.]
   • 1968, Barry Hines, A Kestrel for a Knave:

     He cut down a snicket between two houses, out into the fields.

   • 2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate 2018, p. 89:

     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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:alley