(lān) noun
1. A narrow way or path, confined between fences, walls, hedges, or similar boundaries: distinguished from an alley, which is ordinarily between buildings and in city or town, while the lane is rural.
2. Any narrow way, passage, or similar course; a prescribed route or passage, as for steamers: a shipping lane. See synonyms under ROAD. [OE lanu lane]

(lān) adjective Scot.
Alone.
—his lane, my lane, their lane, etc. Himself alone, myself alone, themselves alone, etc.