Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large playing marble, often used as the shooter.
- noun A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings.
- noun A path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park.
- noun A straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley.
- noun Either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play.
- idiom (up (one's) alley) Compatible with one's interests or qualifications.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Short for alabaster.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English alei, from Old French alee, from aler, to walk, from Latin ambulāre; see ambulate.]
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