chare
chare · chares
A narrow lane or passage between houses in a townA narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
UK/t͡ʃɛə/US/t͡ʃɛɹ/
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England)A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
Origin
From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”),From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.
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