lane Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a narrow way or road
  2. noun a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

WordNet

Lane adjective
Etymology
See Lone.
Definitions
  1. Alone Scot.
Lane noun
Etymology
OE. lane, lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D. laan, OFries. lana, lona.
Definitions
  1. A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rcks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.
    It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can not go through. Tyndale.

Webster 1913