" lane "

[Noun]  | "lane" | \ ˈlān \

1: a narrow passageway between fences or hedges

2: a relatively narrow way or track: such as

3: an ocean route used by or prescribed for ships

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, from Old English lanu; akin to Middle Dutch lane lane;

[Noun]  | "air lane" 

1: a path customarily followed by airplanes

Origin: 1909 ;

[Noun]  | "fast lane" 

1: a traffic lane intended for vehicles traveling at higher speeds

2: a way of life marked by a fast pace and usually the pursuit of immediate gratification

3: fast track

Origin: 1918 ;

[Noun]  | "free throw lane" 

1: a 12- or 16-foot-wide lane on a basketball court that extends from underneath the goal to a line 15 feet in front of the backboard and that players may not enter during a free throw

Origin: 1915 ;

[Noun]  | "memory lane" 

1: an imaginary path through the nostalgically remembered past —usually used in such phrases as a walk down memory lane

Origin: 1903 ;

[Noun]  | "sea-lane" | \ ˈsē-ˌlān \

1: an established sea route

Origin: 1869 ;

[Noun]  | "breakdown lane" 

1: an area along the side of a highway where vehicles are able to stop for an emergency

[Noun]  | "express lane" 

1: an area in a store (such as a supermarket) where customers form a line that lets them pay for the things they are buying more quickly than other lanes

[Biographical name]  | "Lane" | \ ˈlān \

1: Edward William 1801—1876 English orientalist

[Noun]  | "lane"