What is the difference between jitty and alley?
jitty | alley |
(colloquial, British) (the narrow passage between rows of terraced houses or a fenced or hedged pathway linking two areas of a village).
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
(baseball) The area between the outfielders, the gap.
(bowling) An establishment where bowling is played; bowling alley.
(tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
* Milton
A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
(perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
Alley is a synonym of jitty.
As nouns the difference between jitty and alley
is that jitty is an alternative spelling of lang=en (the narrow passage between rows of terraced houses or a fenced or hedged pathway linking two areas of a village) while alley is a narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.jitty
English
Noun
(jitties)Usage notes
The term is used in the English Midlands, also used in mining communities in the South-East of England, notably Aylesham.alley
English
(wikipedia alley)Etymology 1
(etyl) and (etyl) alee, feminine of .Noun
(en noun)- The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley .
- He hit one deep into the alley .
- I know each lane and every alley green.