bywalk

Etymology

From by- + walk.

bywalk means a secluded or private walk. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

Why this word is great

BYWALK — [Noun] A secluded or private path or walkway. From the prefix by- (meaning "secondary, side, private") + walk (meaning "a path for walking"). Unlike a "byway" (a minor but public road, defined by its remoteness from traffic) or a "footpath" (a purely functional, public pedestrian route), a bywalk is defined by its privilege of concealment. It is the moss-edged trail behind the garden wall, the deer-trodden passage through the copper beech wood, or the forgotten stone steps descending to a locked orchard gate—a slender corridor of quietude carved from the world's noise, a testament that sanctuary is often a question of access, not acreage.

noun

a secluded or private walk