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lane¹ Definition

lane (lān)

noun

  1. a narrow way between hedges, walls, buildings, etc.; narrow country road or city street
  2. any narrow way, as an opening in a crowd of people
    1. a path or route designated, as for reasons of safety, for ships or aircraft
    2. ☆ a marked strip of road wide enough for a single line of cars, trucks, etc.
  4. any of the parallel courses marked off for contestants in a race
  5. Basketball free throw lane
  6. Bowling
    1. a long, narrow strip of highly polished wood, along which the balls are rolled; alley
    2. a bowling establishment

Etymology: ME < OE lanu, akin to Du laan < ? IE base *elā-, to be in motion, go

lane² Definition

lane (lān)

adjective

Scot. lone

lane Synonyms

lane

n.

way, alley, passage; see path 1, road 1.

LANE (LAN Emulation) Telecom Definition
A specification (January 1995) from the ATM Forum (since merged into the MFA Forum) for an ATM service in support of native Ethernet (802.3) and Token Ring (802.5) local area network (LAN) communications over an ATM network. Software in the end systems (e.g., ATM-based hosts or routers, known as proxies), of the ATM network emulates a native LAN environment. LANE acts as Layer 2 bridge in support of connectionless LAN traffic, with the connection-oriented ATM service being transparent to the user application. In LANE, a LAN emulation client (LEC) connects to the ATM network over a LANE user-to-network interface (LUNI). The network-based LAN emulation server (LES) registers the LAN medium access control (MAC) addresses and translates them into ATM addresses using the address resolution protocol (ARP). Each LEC is assigned to an emulated LAN (ELAN) by an optional network-based LAN emulation configuration server (LECS). Each LEC also is associated with a broadcast and unknown server (BUS) that handles broadcast and multicast traffic, as well as initial unicast frames before address resolution. LANE traffic generally is Class C variable bit rate (VBR) traffic in message mode, and is supported over ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5 (AAL5). See also 802.3, 802.5, AAL5, ARP, ATM, ATM Forum, broadcast, BUS, Class C ATM traffic, connectionless, connection-oriented, ELAN, emulation, Ethernet, host, Layer 2, LEC, LECS, LES, LUNI, MAC, message mode service, MFA Forum, multicast, proxy, router, Token Ring, unicast, and VBR.
lane Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • carriageway: My trip culminates in me traversing four lanes of a dual carriageway.
  • motorway: Of all the things to find in the middle lane of a motorway.

Converse of object

  • cobble: Cobbled lanes run through the early 19th-century terraces of Beacon Hill, and North End could pass for a small Italian town.
  • tuck: Tucked away down a quiet lane only 600 yards from beach, and adjacent to Trevose Golf Course.

Adjective modifier

  • narrow: The road then descends slightly to where a narrow lane joins from the left.
  • quiet: Huge picture windows opening on to the quiet village lane.
  • leafy: Away from the misty moors, it is the leafy lanes of South Cornwall which are thought to be haunted by the past.
  • left-hand: Stay in the left-hand lane signposted Frimley Park Hospital, then get into the right hand lane to the roundabout.
  • sunken: Open, with narrow sunken lanes and very extensive views out but limited views within.
  • left: Move into the left hand lane prior to the first set of traffic lights.

Modifies a noun

  • marking: The improvements to signals and lane markings at the junction are aimed at reducing the number of accidents.
  • motorway: As soon as a commercial vehicle is on the road a three lane motorway becomes little more than a two lane dual carriage way.
  • closure: Over night lanes closures of Westlink will be needed to effect these changes.
  • carriageway: NOTE: vehicles are not allowed to use the right-hand ( overtaking ) lane of a three lane carriageway whilst towing.

Noun used with modifier

  • bus: I don't think bus lanes would have made me change my mode of travel.
  • pit: Explore the exit of the pit lane to give just a little more room on approach.
  • cycle: Paint cycle lanes, or Think Bike signs on the road.
  • shipping: Kent beaches suffer from all the usual form of litter but the area is also a major shipping lane.
  • country: We turned left at the country lane, ignoring the first path right.
  • memory: A story about an elderly couple who take a trip down memory lane with the aid of a swimming pool.
lane Quotes

There'll always be an England While there's a country lane, Wherever there's a cottage small Beside a field of grain.

—Parker, Ross and Charles, Hugh

For thefuture I cease,Deathapproaches with little delay, Since the dragons of Laune and Lane and Lee are destroyed; I'll follow the heroes far from the light of day, The princes myancestors followed before Christ died.

—O'Rahilly, Egan Gaelic name  Aodhaga¤  n OŁ   Rathaille

Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees, (If love remains) In an English lane.

—Browning, Robert

A lane was made; and Mrs Hominy†came slowly up it, in a procession of one.

—Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

I'll walk down the lane with a happy refrain And singin' just singin' in the rain.

—Freed, Arthur pseudonym of  Arthur Grossman