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holloway
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˈhɒl.əʊ.weɪ/ us /ˈhɑː.loʊ.weɪ/
a walking path or road that is much lower than the land on either side of it, because the ground has eroded(= worn away) over time:
The path leads up through a gate and an avenue trees into a holloway.
The route is about five miles, mainly on field paths and holloway lanes.
Cross the field and follow a grassy holloway towards the village.
He made a series of pilgrimages to the moors, islands, lochs, capes and holloways of the British Isles.
There were tunnels through the undergrowth: tiny green holloways made by badgers.
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