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单词 foregate
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foregaten.

/ˈfɔːɡeɪt/
Etymology: < fore- prefix + gate n.1
1. The front gate or principal entrance.
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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.
figurative and in extended use.1613 J. Davies Muses-teares E ij b Beare vp the Crosse; and euer looke vpon't As on the only Key of Heau'n's fore-gate.a1688 G. Stradling Serm. & Disc. (1692) 381 They [the Jesuits] were..turned out of the Foregates of those States.proverbial.1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xxi. 25 When distrust enters in at the foregate, love goes out at the Posterne.1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence x. 27 When Passion enters in at the Fore-gate, Wisdom goes out at the Postern.
2. Scottish. ‘The high or open street’ (Jamieson).
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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.
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