alameda

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They met nobody, but after some minutes Wyndham thought it prudent to cross the alameda, where shady paths wound among tall trees.

From Wyndham's Pal by Bindloss, Harold

The alameda was quite deserted; everybody, with the exception of myself, having for some time retired. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Gleaming white houses rose one above another among feathery palms, with a broad streak of darker green in their midst to mark the shady alameda.

From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold

Behind this is a beautiful old alameda of olives, at the upper end of which a modern orphanage, conducted by the Dominican Sisters, has been erected.

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton

Towards evening, the throng and bustle within the town diminished, and were transferred to the pleasant walks around it, and especially to the shady and flower-bordered avenues of the alameda.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various