单词 | gap-stead |
释义 | gap-steadn. Obsolete exc. dialect. An opening in a wall or hedge, left for convenience of passage. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening or break in continuity > in a wall, hedge, fence, dike, etc. sharda1000 gapc1380 slopc1386 slapc1425 intermission1624 gap-stead1644 gool1664 gateway1707 break1725 smeuse1819 rent1879 1644 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 132 Making good our ground we became at last masters of theirs, but fain to seek it thro Gapsteads and places of disadvantage. 1651 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1889) (at cited word) That the said Lorence make a sufficient yate into the little field and that he raise his gapstead [etc.]. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. at Gap A gateway is often called a gapstead. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Gapstead, an interval in a field wall intended for a gate, or merely used for the passage of cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1644 |
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