A country lane is a narrow road between hedges. Walk down a country lane.
Many follow field boundaries that are older than any building on them. A country lane has no pavement, which is why walkers face the traffic.
1nouncountry laneA narrow road between hedges.
“The country lane was single track for four miles with two passing places.”
country lane is a road.
Country plus lane, from Old English lanu, a narrow way.
From country + lane.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Farm & Countryside