单词 | foregate |
释义 | foregaten. 1. The front gate or principal entrance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > principal gate master-gate1340 foregate1503 1503 in Lib. Cart. S. Crucis (1840) lvii Item, for vij punschionis of plaister to the turatis of the foryet..iiij lib. xviij s. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 81 A castle also..and a foregate at the entrance into it. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 101/1 Chambers near the vestibule or fore-gate. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 430 There was..to be but one entrance only, by the great foregate. 2. Scottish. ‘The high or open street’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1560 in Burgh Rec. Aberdeen (1844) 327 Diuerse personis hes biggit and dalie biggis choppis vnder stairis vpoune the forgettis. 1567 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 43 The samyn to be saulde and toppit be honest personis in þe foir-gait in oppin and publict tavernis. a1583 Chalm. Air in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 588 Gif thair be ony swine cruivis biggit on the fore-gait, stoppand the samin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1503 |
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