tenfoot

A ten foot wide passageway located behind houses for access to garages

The baines are larking down the tenfoot

by The Johnster March 25, 2003

tenfoot

A footpath running between houses connecting two roads (orig. East Yorkshire). Also known as a 'cut'.

"Quickest way to the chippy is down that tenfoot"

by davidovsky September 10, 2009

tenfoot

The gap between the two pairs of tracks on a four-track railway.

If there's a train coming when you're doing pway work, then you should wait in the tenfoot until it passes, not the sixfoot.

by po8crg June 8, 2016