| 释义 |
ˈgap-stead Obs. exc. dial.
[f. gap n.1 + stead n.]
An opening in a wall or hedge, left for convenience of passage.
1644Sir 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. 1651in N.W. Linc. Gloss. (1889) s.v., That the said Lorence make a sufficient yate into the little field and that he raise his gapstead [etc.]. 1876Mid. Yorksh. Gloss. s.v. Gap, A gateway is often called a gapstead. 1883Almondbury Gloss., Gapstead, an interval in a field wall intended for a gate, or merely used for the passage of cattle. |