Meaning & use

loke

noun·Academic

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A narrow lane or footpath, especially one leading to a farm or running between hedges; a regional English dialect term.

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The old loke behind the church led down to the river meadow.

Villagers still call the narrow path a loke, a word passed down from their grandparents.

A note on using this word

Loke survives chiefly in East Anglian English and appears in many Norfolk place names, such as Ivy Loke.

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