What does snickelway mean?
Snickelway means (Yorkshire) A narrow alley between buildings..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Yorkshire) A narrow alley between buildings..
Soak up the city's history while exploring its maze of ancient streets and snickelways (hidden alleyways); you can get everywhere on foot and see many attractions in just a day.
True, as you worm your way deeper into the Old Town, the streets become narrower and more labyrinthine, connected by a capillary system of snickelways and side courts, where the gable-overhangs become so extreme that daylight bareley hits the cobblestones below.
Follow Main Street, heading for St Mary’s Church, then go left down a snickelway (7) past the churchyard, which contains a railed obelisk in memory of Dr John Crosby, a good friend of Branwell Bronte.
Use snickelway when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Snickelway means (Yorkshire) A narrow alley between buildings..
Common synonyms include alley.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Soak up the city's history while exploring its maze of ancient streets and snickelways (hidden alleyways); you can get everywhere on foot and see many attractions in just a day.
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