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▪ I. ˈtown-ˌgate1
The gate of a walled town.
1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 477/1 The kepyng of the Town Yate called the Castell Yate. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. ii. 75 Sampson..carried the Towne-gates on his backe like a Porter. 1799Hull Advertiser 21 Sept. 4/1 Mr. Bray..protected the town-gate efficaciously with grape.
▪ II. ˈtown-ˌgate2 Sc. and north. dial.
Also 6–7 gait(e.
[gate n.2 4.]
The main street of a town or village.
1587Durham Wills (Surtees) III. 129 Frome the particione of the said barene northward, unto the toune-gaite. 1607in N. Riding Rec. (1883) I. 99 Will. Kidd of Kirby Moorside presented for keeping disorder in the Towne-gate. 1817Blackw. Mag. May 155/1 The straggled houses..with their gable-ends, backs, or corners, turned to the street or town-gate. 1867Crim. Chronol. York Castle 207 The town-gate in Mirfield. |