areaway

She directed the detective along a narrow areaway at the side of the house, and in a moment reappeared at the back door.

Across the way a slinking shadow left the sidewalk and blended indistinguishably with the crowded shadows of an areaway.

Across the street the voluntary shadow detached itself from cover in the areaway, and skulked after him.

All this while, across the street, in the shadow of an areaway, stood a man in a mackintosh and a felt hat drawn well down.