Mews: alternatives and connections

Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.

of Alley

An alley.

See Alley, a marble or taw.

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.

A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house.

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…

A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is of…

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage…

Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening…

To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.

A snug or confined place.

A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…