venea

venea [? cf. venella], ? passage, passageway (cf. via 3a). s1229 quidam ‥ per fugam evadentes, in ~eis et cavernis latitabant M. Par. Maj. III 167; c1370 compotus ‥ gardinarii ‥ item circa ~eas et alluras vij s. xj d. ob. Ac. Obed. Abingd. 17.