drong

noun

ˈdräŋ

variants or less commonly drang

ˈdraŋ

plural -s

dialectal, England

: a passageway or lane especially between walls or hedges

as if this homely drong had been transformed to a royal path in some greenwood

—Llewelyn Powys

Word History

Etymology

probably akin to Old English thringan to press, compress

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