α. see through- prefix and gate n.2; also Scottish (Lanarkshire) 1900s– throughtgate.
β. see thorough- prefix and gate n.2
The β. forms are now obsolete.
| 单词 | throughgate | 
| 释义 | throughgaten.α. see through- prefix and gate n.2; also Scottish (Lanarkshire) 1900s– throughtgate. β. see thorough- prefix and gate n.2 The β. forms are now obsolete. Originally and chiefly Scottish.   A passage through; a thoroughfare, a passageway. Also figurative. Cf. thoroughfare n. 2,   4a.In quot. 1718: an aisle in a church. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > 			[noun]		 > through throughwayOE throughgangc1400 thoroughfarec1405 throughgate1457 through-passage1575 1457    Extracts Rec. in  W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles 		(1872)	 117  				The throgat sal serf tham bath vp throu and don throu. 1530–1    in  R. Renwick Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow 		(1897)	 IV. 30  				Jhon Wan balyae gaif staet to Jhon Allason..of ane bak place with the twa part of ane yard and fre entre at the for yet and throwgaet lyand in our Ladye gaet betuix [etc.]. 1598    R. Bernard tr.  Terence Adelphi  iv. ii, in  Terence in Eng. 304  				That corner is no thorow gate [L. angiportum non pervium]. 1610    W. Cowper Defiance to Death 39  				The third roome hee hath..set in the thorough gate of the house. 1639    tr.  J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata 		(new ed.)	 lviii. §617  				Lanes most commonly are unpasseable, and have no thorow-gate. a1663    D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings 		(1845)	 I. 		(modernized text)	 75  				Death is not to be looked on by itself, but with the seasoning of it, and in Christ the through-get of it. 1718    in  J. J. Vernon Parish & Kirk Hawick 		(1900)	 144  				Andrew Scott, wright, and Tho. Hardie in the throwgate of the kirk to stand. 1845    G. Webster Disputed Inheritance I. iv. 99  				The Thoroughgate of Spittalbrig was a wide steep street. 1883    J. Douglas Bk. Bombay vi. 142  				We ultimately attained the object we had in view, which was no less than giving a safe throughgate to the vessels of all nations. 1888    Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland, Durham, & Newcastle-on-Tyne 9 142  				Yat-moss; the moss over which the Scots constructed a thoroughgate and escaped in 1327. a1902    J. Heughan in  Gallovidian 		(1913)	 59 109  				Sae will life's throughgate be less kiachsome track. 1975    J. Y. Mather  & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 202  				Passage between houses, [Lanarkshire] through gate, throught gate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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