lovers' lane

American  

noun

1. a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.

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lovers' lane Idioms  

1. A secluded road or area sought out by lovers seeking privacy. For example, The police loved to embarrass youngsters parked in lovers' lane. [Late 1800s]

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Etymology

Origin of lovers' lane

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

For at least eight years in the 1950s, he returned every March 24 to a San Bernardino lovers’ lane, where his teenage sweetheart, Angela Dornna, had once promised to meet him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Inside its Moorish-inspired walls there was a ballroom, cinema and café, and outside, a tunnel of love, a lovers' lane lined by Kauri trees, tennis courts and fountains.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2018

"It's always great to be out of Washington, D.C. � the only city in the world where you can see a prominent person walking down lovers' lane holding his own hand," he quipped.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only one of the parked cars was in a traditional romantic lovers' lane; the rest were on quiet residential streets.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now at last they were free, Forbes and Persis, cantering along a plushy road, a lovers' lane that mounted up and up till they paused at the height to give the horses breath.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert