droke.
An alley.
Meaning & usage
An alley.
A narrow valley with steep sides, sometimes with a stream.
A thick grove or belt of trees, especially in (and stretching across) a valley.
Where this word comes from
As a term for a valley with a stream, or a stream itself, found in various dialects as droke, drock, or drook; in various dialects one or more of those words can also denote other clefts, coves, drainage ditches, and furrows, or part of a plough. Perhaps related to Old Norse or Icelandic drag (“soft slope or valley”).
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