| 释义 |
ˈgate-ward, n. arch.
[f. gate n.1 + ward, keeper.]
A gate-keeper.
c1000Ags. Gosp. John x. 3 Þæne se ᵹeat-weard læt in. c1205Lay. 18998 Þe ȝæteward hit cudde ouer al. a1300K. Horn 1067 He com to þe gateward Þat him answerede hard. c1300Harrow. Hell 139 Wer ys nou this ȝateward? 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xiv. 92 Ther god is gatwarde hym⁓self. 1805Scott Last Minstr. iv. iv, ‘And by my faith’, the gate-ward said, ‘I think 'twill prove a Warden-raid’. 1849J. Grant Kirkaldy of G. iv. 35 The retinue of armed servants..created no surprise in the mind of the gate-ward. |