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▪ I. gateless, a.1|ˈgeɪtlɪs|
[f. gate n.1 + -less.]
Without a gate, destitute of gates.
1608Machin Dumbe Knt. v. i, Gold hath power To enter without force a gatelesse tower. 1817Blackw. Mag. I. 71 The horses pasturing through the range of gateless fields. 1849Lytton K. Arthur vii. lxxxii, Justice sits listening in her gateless halls. 1859W. Collins Q. of Hearts (1875) 19 The chaise..passed through the gateless gap in our rough enclosure wall.
Hence ˈgatelessly adv.
1880Ruskin in 19th Cent. June 942 The lane itself..is a deep-rutted, heavy-hillocked cart-road, diverging gatelessly into various brickfields.
▪ II. † ˈgateless, a.2 Obs.
In 2–3 gatelæs.
[f. gate n.2 + -less.]
Pathless.
c1200Ormin 9211 Whærse iss all..sharrp, & ruhh, & gatelæs þurrh þorrness & þurrh breress. |