† midgateadv.n.

Forms: pre-1700 midegait, pre-1700 midegaitt, pre-1700 midegate, pre-1700 midgait, pre-1700 midgaitt, pre-1700 midgate, pre-1700 mydgait, pre-1700 mydgaitt, pre-1700 mydgate.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., gate n.²

Etymology: < mid adj. + gate n.² Compare earlier midway n., adv., adj., and prep. Compare also midgates adv.

Scottish. Obsolete.

A. adv.

In or to the middle of the way or distance, halfway; = midway n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adverb] > half-way or midway

half-wayc1405

midgate1511

middle way1569

midway1587

part-way1822

midgates1883

1511–12 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 139 Cumand northwart mydgait betuix Clarkis ward and the Lord Synclaris telit land.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 290 Bot or he was midgait, Cadhard..slew him at the castel of Meffen.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 256 He wes met be the nobilities horsmen midgait.

1638–54 in A. Peterkin Rec. Kirk Scotl. (1838) I. 162 He would meet the Pope midgate.

B. n.

The middle of the way or distance; = midway n. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance between two points > half-way

midwayeOE

midgatea1600

mid-distance1848

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xi. xvi. f. 438^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Athir partie in gude ordoure in mydgate recounterit vthir.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	midgate
释义	† midgateadv.n. Forms: pre-1700 midegait, pre-1700 midegaitt, pre-1700 midegate, pre-1700 midgait, pre-1700 midgaitt, pre-1700 midgate, pre-1700 mydgait, pre-1700 mydgaitt, pre-1700 mydgate. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., gate n.² Etymology: < mid adj. + gate n.² Compare earlier midway n., adv., adj., and prep. Compare also midgates adv. Scottish. Obsolete. A. adv. In or to the middle of the way or distance, halfway; = midway n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adverb] > half-way or midway half-wayc1405 midgate1511 middle way1569 midway1587 part-way1822 midgates1883 1511–12 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 139 Cumand northwart mydgait betuix Clarkis ward and the Lord Synclaris telit land. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 290 Bot or he was midgait, Cadhard..slew him at the castel of Meffen. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 256 He wes met be the nobilities horsmen midgait. 1638–54 in A. Peterkin Rec. Kirk Scotl. (1838) I. 162 He would meet the Pope midgate. B. n. The middle of the way or distance; = midway n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance between two points > half-way midwayeOE midgatea1600 mid-distance1848 a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xi. xvi. f. 438^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Athir partie in gude ordoure in mydgate recounterit vthir. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.n.1511
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