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gaiten, n. dial.
[? dial. pron. of gaiting, f. gait v.1 + ing1.]
= gait n.2 Hence (?) gaiten v. = gait v.1; gaitning vbl. n., gaitner (see quots.).
1831Loudon Agric. (ed. 2) §3176 Gaiting, or gaitning, as it is called in Northumberland. Ibid., The gaitner follows immediately after about eight or nine sheaves have been cut and laid down. Ibid., He..brings the gaitning (sheaf) up to the left knee. Ibid., Gaitned sheaves are not good to keep standing in stormy weather. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Gaten, Gaiteen, or Gaitin, a single sheaf of corn set on its end in a harvest field to dry. |