Baze, the, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Baze, the n.

also the Baize

[before the Street Offences Act 1959, Bayswater Road was one of London’s centres of street prostitution, seen as slightly less classy than its rivals Piccadilly and, even smarter, Mayfair]

Bayswater Road, London W2.

1958		F. Norman Bang To Rights 10: He’d got nicked for poncing off his old woman who was a brass on the game down the Baze.
1962		R. Cook Crust on its Uppers 21: You’ll find it’s somewhere along the Baize.