by-street

or by·street

[ bahy-street ]
/ ˈbaɪˌstrit /

noun

a side street or a private or obscure street; byway.

Origin of by-street

First recorded in 1665–75; by- + street

Words nearby by-street

Example sentences from the Web for bystreet

  • It was a spirited sight to see them come leaping fences, tearing around corners, swarming out of every bystreet and alley.

    Those Extraordinary Twins |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The boarding-house, an old and dilapidated building, was in a bystreet convenient to the harbour.

British Dictionary definitions for bystreet

bystreet
/ (ˈbaɪˌstriːt) /

noun

an obscure or secondary street