vennel

/ ˈvɛnəl /

noun

1. a lane; alley

Word History and Origins

Origin of vennel¹

C15: from Old French venelle, from Latin vēna vein

Example Sentences

The horseman rode down the narrow vennel which led to the St. Denis gate of Paris, holding his nose like a fine lady.

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In the Vennel (alley or small street) some ruins remain of the maison dieu, or hospitium, founded in 1256 by William of Brechin.

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His coach couped in the Vennel, and his lordship was thrown head foremost into the mud.

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The Vennel, a narrow lane in Edinburgh running out of the Grassmarket.

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She lives in the Pleasance, and I saw her to-night in the Vennel.

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