lane

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the marked strips that divide a road for a single line of vehicles.

   Drivers should overtake in the outside lane.

2. 2
   noun

   A narrow road or path, often in the countryside.

   We walked along a quiet country lane lined with hedges.

3. 3
   noun

   A marked strip of a running track or swimming pool that keeps competitors apart.

   The fastest swimmer was placed in the middle lane.

Common collocations

• inside lane Adjective + noun

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

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