alley1
  
  n.
 (pl. alleys)
   - a narrow passageway between or behind buildings. ▸a path in a park or garden. 
- a long, narrow area in which skittles or bowling are played.
- N. Amer. Tennis  either of the two side strips between the service court and the sidelines. ▸Baseball  the area between the outfielders in left-centre or right-centrefield. 
Etymology
  ME: from OFr. alee ‘walking or passage’, from aler ‘go’, from L. ambulare ‘to walk’.