† coney-gatn. [ < coneyn.1 + gaten.1 (compare forms at that entry)] Obsoleterare a rabbit burrow.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > burrow or warren
clapperc1400
cunnigar1424
warrena1425
coneygarth1429
coney-close?1472
coney hole?c1475
berry1486
coney holda1500
coney-clapper1530
coney yard1532
coneyry1570
coney burrow1575
coney gratec1580
coney-gat1591
coney green1599
coney warren1616
coney ground1617
rabbit hole1667
stop1669
rabbit burrow1723
stock1736
rabbit warren1766
stab1838
warrener1864
1591 G. PeeleSpeeches to Q. Eliz in Wks. (1861) (modernized text) 579 This weasel-monger, who is no better than a cat in a house or a ferret in a cony-gat.