wombgate

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UK/ˈwuːmɡeɪt/

noun

The vulva.

First used 14th c.Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounwombgate (plural wombgates)

plural wombgates · alternative womb-gate · alternative wombȝate

  1. rareThe vulva.First known use 14th c.

    He banged her womb-gate until their last mutual orgasm.

    1979, Iceberg Slim, Airtight Willie & Me, Holloway House, published 2004, page 103
    2 more examples

    Tentigo ys ycalled paries vulue, Anglice the Wombeȝates wall, Or elles lingula vulue, Anglice the Wombeȝates tunge.

    1379, Henry Daniel, Liber Uricrisiarum

    The locus classicus for discussions of the womb-gate was Zhang Ji (fl. 196-219), whose writings on “cold damage disorders” and pharmacology had become a pillar of learned medicine during the Northern Song (960-127).

    2010, Yu-Li Wu, Reproducing Women, page 109

Origin

From womb + gate. In later use sometimes translating Mandarin e.g. 胞門 /胞门 (bāomén).

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wombgate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wombgate

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“wombgate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wombgate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wombgate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wombgate.

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