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▪ I. ˈhorsegate1
[f. gate n.1]
A gate for the passage of horses.
1535Coverdale Jer. xxxi. 40 From thence vnto the corner of the horsgate. 1894Daily News 5 Feb. 6/6 The crew then proceeded on to Sandford, and paddled to the horsegate.
▪ II. ˈhorsegate2
[f. gate n.2, going, walk.]
A right of pasturage for a horse, e.g. in a common field. Cf. cow-gate.
1619N. Riding Rec. (1894) I. 17 Whether anie tenante..hath sold anie Oxegates, Cowgates, horsegates or the like. 1776Foston Inclos. Act 2 The Reverend Joseph Sommers is entitled..to a horsegate in the car. |