outgang

out·gang
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/ˈaʊ̯tˌɡæŋ//ˈaʊ̯tˌɡeɪ̯ŋ//ˈaʊ̯tˌɡɛ̃ŋ/

noun

An exit or egress.

“Is there any other outgang in this here building?”

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounoutgang (plural outgangs)

plural outgangs

  1. An exit or egress.

    Is there any other outgang in this here building?

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    For quotations using this term, see Citations:outgang.

  2. The act of giving up occupancy of property.
  3. An outgate; a cattle-gate.

    An ordinary outgang was a place where the cattle of a village assembled, when they were to be driven out together to ... This outgang seems to have run between the old enclosed lands and the southern part of the West Carr or Marsh [...]

    1896, Thomas Blashill, Sutton-in-Holderness: The manor, the berewic, and the village community
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    Sit William Saunders, priest, gave as follows:—for the repair of the church windows, bridges for a church road, bell ropes, &c., church balke, … dam, and dam bridge, and outgang, … outgang between White Hall Close and Mill Hill Close …

    1841, The history and antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness

    A "bounder" of certain land belonging to the corporation of Doncaster in the occupation of John Lambe, minister of Rossington viz. a laithe or barn in the outgang next the town street, the upper outgang and the nether outgang, and land in the Church field, the Ing field and the Park field.

    1902, Doncaster (England), A calendar to the records of the borough of Doncaster

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Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ūtgangaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*ūtgang
  3. Old Englishūtgang“an outgoing, exit”
  4. Middle Englishoutgang
  5. Englishoutgang

Inherited from Middle English outgang, from Old English ūtgang (“an outgoing, exit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtgang, from Proto-Germanic *ūtgangaz, equivalent to out- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutgoang (“exit”), West Frisian útgong (“exit”), Dutch uitgang (“exit”), German Ausgang (“exit”), Swedish utgång (“exit”).

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APA

outgang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgang

MLA

“outgang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outgang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgang.

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