Meanings
yate1
plural yates
- obsoleteObsolete form of gate.
Syn he of helthe hath opned me the yate
c. 1420, Thomas Hoccleve, Dialogue2 more examples
For thy my Kiddie, be ruled by me, And never give trust to his trechery: And if he chance come when I am abroad, Spar the yate fast, for fear of fraud.
1579, Edmund Spenser, “May”, in The Shepheardes Calender; republished as The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser, London: Henry Hills, 1679, page 21He's left th' yate at t' full swing, and Miss's pony has trodden dahn two rigs o' corn , and plottered through, raight o'er into t' meadow!
1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, London: Smith, Elder & Co., published 1870, page 69
yate2
Yate3
- A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).
Origin
yate · noun
- Proto-Germanic*gatą“hole, opening”
- Old Englishġeat“a gate, door”
- Middle Englishȝate
- Englishyate
From Middle English ȝate, yate, ȝeat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ġeat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
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