angiport

Etymology

From the Latin angiportus.

Why this word is great

ANGIPORT — [Noun] A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house. From the Latin angiportus, from angustus ("narrow") + portus ("passage, entrance"). Unlike "alley" (which sprawls with urban anonymity) or "lane" (which meanders with pastoral leisure), an angiport is a clenched fist of space, a compression of architecture and intent. It is the damp, moss-slicked corridor between tenements where laundry lines whisper secrets overhead, the shadowed crease behind a row of cottages where cats slink like liquid, the abrupt terminus of a cobbled path where a single door waits, half-hidden—proof that even in the tightest confines, the world insists on passage.

noun

A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.“"Here we are," said the artist of coffins, the last master of mortal ceremonies; "we are now near home, keep close to me through this passage, or you may miss me in the dark—we turn, mind you, to the left, along the river:" and darting down the “angiport,” he led the way to his retired abode.”