| 单词 | almsgate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmsgate almsgate n. now chiefly historical a gate at which alms are distributed. ΚΠ 1602 J. Manningham Diary Jan. (1868) 17 Tarlton called Burley house gate..the Lord Treasurers Almes gate, because it was seldom or never opened. 1846 A. E. Bray Henry de Pomeroy (new ed.) iv. 50 Not so much as even the petticoat of a woman is admitted within our walls; save..poor old women at the alms-gate or in the cloisters. 1922 Everybody's Mar. 24/2 He pointed a lean brown finger at the man behind the alms-gate. 2007 V. Grove Rhiannon viii. 97 ‘You sound like you've seen folk like them before.’ ‘Yes, sheltering beneath the almsgate at our monastery in Glastonbury.’ < as lemmas |
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