twitten Sussex dial.
(ˈtwɪt(ə)n)
Also twitting.
[Perh. related to LG. twiete alley, land; but cf. also OE. twicen and twitchel1.]
A narrow path or passage between two walls or hedges.
| 1801 Pennant Journ. fr. Lond. to Isle of Wight II. 77 Alleys, or, as they are called here [at Brighton] twittings, narrow passages, often not three feet wide. 1860 W. H. Ainsworth Ovingdean Grange 334 Having tracked a series of ‘twittens’..they issued forth into West-street. 1904 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 424/1 Along the bostals of the Downs and through the village twittens. |