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

Taken together, this seamy decalogue shows the '50s as a neat place to visit -- a lovers' lane accessible from a killer drag strip -- but hell to live through.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two walked side by side, along this lovers’ lane of nature’s kindly devising.

From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Baily, Waldron