ginnel

noun /ˈɡɪnəl/

1. A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.

   […]maks things as pleasant as stondin in a ginnel ov a wyndy neet waitin o'th' sweetheart comin out.

Where it comes from

From dialectal ginn (“a road or passage down to the sea”) + -el (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Old English gin (“an opening, gap, abyss”) or Old Norse gin (“throat, gullet, maw”), both from Proto-Germanic *giną (“throat, gullet”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ginnel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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