oxgaten.

Brit.

/ˈɒksɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɑksˌɡeɪt/, Scottish English

/ˈɔksɡeɪt/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– oxgate; Scottish pre-1700 oxgett, pre-1700 1700s oxgait, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– oxgate.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: oxgang n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of oxgang n., with ending probably remodelled after gait n.¹ or gate n.²Compare slightly earlier Scots regional oxen-gate (also oxingait ), attested from the 15th to the 18th cent. (apparently alteration of oxen-gang : see note s.v. oxgang n.); compare the following:1580 Edinb. Test. VIII. f. 89^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Oxingate The rycht..of my foure oxingait of land.1582 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 108 Out of ilk oxingait of land..callit of auld ane ploughgait for ane day tuo hors labour yeirly.

Chiefly Scottish. Now historical.

= oxgang n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents > the eighth part of ploughland

oxgang1343

ox-landa1387

oxgate1585

ox-yard1897

1585 in E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. (1872) 136 Thirteen acres extendis and sall extend to ane oxgait of land, and four oxgait extendis and sall extend to ane pund land of auld extent.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 5 An oxgange or oxgate of land is as much as an ox can till.

1726 in J. G. Michie Rec. Invercauld (1901) 136 Extending together to eight Oxgates, or half a Davoch of Land, with Houses, Biggings [etc.].

1924 Econ. Jrnl. 34 83 The oxgates were each supposed to furnish an ox for the common plough.

1943 ELH 10 289 The customary unit of land was called a ‘plough-gate’, and was worked in common by eight tenants, each owning an ‘ox-gate’.

1999 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 5 Mar. 29 The King's Charter to the monks of Holyrood granted them ‘that chapel of Liberton, with two oxgates of land, with all the tithes and rights etc’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oxgate
释义	oxgaten. Brit. /ˈɒksɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑksˌɡeɪt/, Scottish English /ˈɔksɡeɪt/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– oxgate; Scottish pre-1700 oxgett, pre-1700 1700s oxgait, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– oxgate. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: oxgang n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of oxgang n., with ending probably remodelled after gait n.¹ or gate n.²Compare slightly earlier Scots regional oxen-gate (also oxingait ), attested from the 15th to the 18th cent. (apparently alteration of oxen-gang : see note s.v. oxgang n.); compare the following:1580 Edinb. Test. VIII. f. 89^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Oxingate The rycht..of my foure oxingait of land.1582 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 108 Out of ilk oxingait of land..callit of auld ane ploughgait for ane day tuo hors labour yeirly. Chiefly Scottish. Now historical. = oxgang n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents > the eighth part of ploughland oxgang1343 ox-landa1387 oxgate1585 ox-yard1897 1585 in E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. (1872) 136 Thirteen acres extendis and sall extend to ane oxgait of land, and four oxgait extendis and sall extend to ane pund land of auld extent. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 5 An oxgange or oxgate of land is as much as an ox can till. 1726 in J. G. Michie Rec. Invercauld (1901) 136 Extending together to eight Oxgates, or half a Davoch of Land, with Houses, Biggings [etc.]. 1924 Econ. Jrnl. 34 83 The oxgates were each supposed to furnish an ox for the common plough. 1943 ELH 10 289 The customary unit of land was called a ‘plough-gate’, and was worked in common by eight tenants, each owning an ‘ox-gate’. 1999 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 5 Mar. 29 The King's Charter to the monks of Holyrood granted them ‘that chapel of Liberton, with two oxgates of land, with all the tithes and rights etc’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585
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