Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mews \Mews\, n. sing. & pl. [Prop. pl. of mew. See {Mew} a
   cage.]
   An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a
   confined place. [Eng.]

         Mr. Turveydrop's great room . . . was built out into a
         mews at the back.                        --Dickens.

Source : WordNet®

mews
     n : street lined with building that were originally private
         stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives
         in a Chelsea mews"