lane
n.— «Well, I’ve already talked about the military part of that, and to stay inside my lane, my military lane, I probably shouldn’t comment, but it’s obvious that there is—» —“Interview with Pakastani Televsion News Channel, Geo-TV” by Richard Myers in Islamabad, Pakistan U.S. Department of State July 29, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In an interview about her magisterial history of the Great Migration, The Warmth of Other Suns (Bookshop|Amazon), Isabel Wilkerson noted that her own writing process poses the same challenge any writer has: “One word followed by another word...
The archaic English word ruelle means “the space between a bed and the wall.” It’s adapted from French ruelle meaning “a small alley or lane.” This is part of a complete episode.
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