alley

noun

• A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.

  "The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley."

• The area between the outfielders.

  "He hit one deep into the alley."

• An establishment where bowling is played.
• An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
• The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
• A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
• A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
• (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
• The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.