gaitn.¹

Brit.

/ɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ɡeɪt/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s gate, 1600s gaite.

Etymology: A particular use of gate n.², see for the other senses, now chiefly Scots and dialect, ‘way’, ‘road’, ‘going’, ‘course’, etc. Until the 17th cent. the spelling gait was rare except Scots; before the middle of the 18th cent. it became universal for this sense of the word, which was the only one that survived in general literary use.

a. Manner of walking or stepping, bearing or carriage while moving, walk, step. Also figurative, esp in to go one's (own) gait, to go one's own way; to pursue one's own course. (For literal senses of this phrase see to gang one's gait (also way) at gang v.¹ 2, gate n.²)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking

stepOE

gangOE

pacec1300

goinga1382

gait1509

motion1531

gature?1548

walk1567

gait-trip1582

tread1609

go1635

démarche1658

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun]

wayeOE

costOE

wise971

gatec1175

custc1275

form1297

guise13..

mannerc1300

kindc1330

assizea1375

plighta1393

makea1400

fashionc1400

reason?c1400

method1526

voye1541

how1551

way1563

garb1600

quality1600

mould1603

quomodo1623

modus1648

mode1649

turn1825

road1855

gait1866

methodology1932

stylee1982

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)]

to have one's own rulea1393

to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425

to be one's own master?1510

to stand on one's own bottom1564

to sit loose1591

independa1657

to paddle one's own canoe1828

to go it alone1842

to run one's own show1892

to go one's (own) gait1922

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxx^v Theyr gate and loke proude and abhomynable.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 600 Scarse thy legs uphold thy feeble gate.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 43 He considered their presence and their gate, and the whole motion of their body.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 33 He was well stay'd, and in his Gate Preserv'd a grave, majestick state.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. iv. 72 We can plainly discover one of his Heels higher than the other, which gives him a Hobble in his Gait.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. xi. 265 With this Face, and in the most solemn Gait, she approached Amelia.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 192 Its restless gait and odd chuckling sound distinguish it sufficiently from all other birds.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iii. 46 My limping gait.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 338 Their gait in general is very slow.

1865 ‘M. Twain’ Celebrated Jumping Frog (1867) 37 Preachin' was his nateral gait.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 53 He was more fit from his..gait, to be a knight than a monk.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 356 Our great writers generally settle down to a stately but monotonous gait, after the fashion of Johnson.

1922 J. B. Priestley Papers from Lilliput 31 Caring little whether he is still a shepherd or metamorphosed into a fisherman or cobbler, so long as he is still with us, going his own fantastic gait.

1940 H. Read Annals of Innocence ii. ii. 82 These are qualities to be enjoyed by non-poetic people: the poet must go his own gait.

1958 Times 4 Oct. 9/5 Miss Watts, whose voice is of the right weight and gait for Bach.

b. plural, esp. of a horse: Paces.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait

pacec1450

train1575

gaits1684

going1690

1684 London Gaz. No. 1916/4 Lost..a black Gelding..the near Foot behind White, a small Star, and all his gates very well.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4540/8 Stoln or strayed..a Bay Gelding..hath all his Gates.

a1717 T. Parnell Anacreontic vii Cupid mock'd his stammring Tongue With all his staggring Gaits.

1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 195 In photographing the various gaits of a saddle horse, it is best to [etc.].

Compounds

† gait-trip n. Obsolete manner of walking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking

stepOE

gangOE

pacec1300

goinga1382

gait1509

motion1531

gature?1548

walk1567

gait-trip1582

tread1609

go1635

démarche1658

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 20 Too moothers counsayl thee fyrye Cupido doth harcken Of puts he his feathers, fauoring with gatetrip Iulus.

Derivatives

ˈgaited adj. having a (specified) gait or manner of walking or stepping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking

gaited1593

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > having a specific gait

paced?1523

gaited1593

easy-going1843

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 62^v So many..heauy-gated lumberers, into the Ministry are stumbled.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 15 Let thy Spiders that sucke vp thy venome, And heauy-gated toades lie in theyr way.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 53 You must send the Asse vpon the Horse, for he is verie slow gated .

1712 London Gaz. No. 5037/15 Lost..a..Gelding..extraordinary well Gated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gaitn.²

Brit.

/ɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ɡeɪt/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s–1800s gait, 1800s geeat, 1800s yait; Scottish 1700s gait, 1700s geate, 1800s gaite, 1800s gat, 1800s gate, 1800s gaut, 1800s gyte, 1800s gytt (north-eastern).

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English gait , goat n.

Etymology: Probably a specific semantic development of English regional (northern) and Scots gait, variant of goat n., the sheaf of corn being so called on account of its shape.

dialect.

(See quots.)

ΚΠ

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 330 Gait.., a single sheaf of corn, bound near the top, and set upon its butts.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 158 When the geates are dry, or ready to be gathered in.

1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. §2940 When the single sheaves (gaites) have remained in this position for a few days, if [etc.].

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gait, sheaves set up singly in a corn field.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gaitn.³

Brit.

/ɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ɡeɪt/

Etymology: apparently a special use of gate n.², act of going; compare gang n. in the same sense.

dialect.

(See quot. 1854.)

ΚΠ

1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 162 Or gait of water from the pump to fetch.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 264 A gait of water is two buckets carried with a yoke; evidently from gait a going, as much as a man can walk with.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gaitv.¹

Brit.

/ɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ɡeɪt/

Forms: Also 1700s gate, geat.

Etymology: < gait n.²

dialect.

transitive. To set up (reaped corn) in single sheaves or ‘gaits’ to dry.

ΚΠ

1797 J. Bailey & G. Culley Gen. View Agric. Northumberland 95 Wheat is set up in stooks of twelve sheaves each; oats and barley are (‘gated’) set up in single sheaves.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 794 Gaiting and hutting the corn.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1066 I would not hesitate to gait any sort of oats when wet with dew in the morning.

Derivatives

ˈgaiting n. the action of the verb; also concrete = gait n.²

ΚΠ

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 157 This practice is provincially called geating.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gaitings, single sheaves of corn set up to dry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gaitv.²

Brit.

/ɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ɡeɪt/

Etymology: apparently < gait gate n.²; compare ‘to set agate n. ’.

dialect or technical.

transitive. To put in working order, fix up.

ΚΠ

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. (at cited word) To gait in Lancashire, is to prepare a loom for weaving.

1869 Eng. Mech. 12 Nov. 217/3 Will any of your numerous readers be kind enough to inform me of the best plan of gaiting a pair of cart wheels, so that they run with ease and freedom?

1869 Eng. Mech. 26 Nov. 264/3 ‘Lancasterian’ may gait his wheels by placing a straight edge to the back of the nave, parallel with the face of the spoke, then take the level [read bevel] along the inside of the buss [etc.].

1895 Bury Times 6 Apr. 6/3 He had gaited a great many looms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1509

n.²1788

n.³1827

v.¹1797

v.²1846

单词	gait
释义	gaitn.¹ Brit. /ɡeɪt/, U.S. /ɡeɪt/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s gate, 1600s gaite. Etymology: A particular use of gate n.², see for the other senses, now chiefly Scots and dialect, ‘way’, ‘road’, ‘going’, ‘course’, etc. Until the 17th cent. the spelling gait was rare except Scots; before the middle of the 18th cent. it became universal for this sense of the word, which was the only one that survived in general literary use. a. Manner of walking or stepping, bearing or carriage while moving, walk, step. Also figurative, esp in to go one's (own) gait, to go one's own way; to pursue one's own course. (For literal senses of this phrase see to gang one's gait (also way) at gang v.¹ 2, gate n.²) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking stepOE gangOE pacec1300 goinga1382 gait1509 motion1531 gature?1548 walk1567 gait-trip1582 tread1609 go1635 démarche1658 the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] wayeOE costOE wise971 gatec1175 custc1275 form1297 guise13.. mannerc1300 kindc1330 assizea1375 plighta1393 makea1400 fashionc1400 reason?c1400 method1526 voye1541 how1551 way1563 garb1600 quality1600 mould1603 quomodo1623 modus1648 mode1649 turn1825 road1855 gait1866 methodology1932 stylee1982 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] to have one's own rulea1393 to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425 to be one's own master?1510 to stand on one's own bottom1564 to sit loose1591 independa1657 to paddle one's own canoe1828 to go it alone1842 to run one's own show1892 to go one's (own) gait1922 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxx^v Theyr gate and loke proude and abhomynable. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 600 Scarse thy legs uphold thy feeble gate. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 43 He considered their presence and their gate, and the whole motion of their body. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 33 He was well stay'd, and in his Gate Preserv'd a grave, majestick state. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. iv. 72 We can plainly discover one of his Heels higher than the other, which gives him a Hobble in his Gait. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. xi. 265 With this Face, and in the most solemn Gait, she approached Amelia. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 192 Its restless gait and odd chuckling sound distinguish it sufficiently from all other birds. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iii. 46 My limping gait. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 338 Their gait in general is very slow. 1865 ‘M. Twain’ Celebrated Jumping Frog (1867) 37 Preachin' was his nateral gait. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 53 He was more fit from his..gait, to be a knight than a monk. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 356 Our great writers generally settle down to a stately but monotonous gait, after the fashion of Johnson. 1922 J. B. Priestley Papers from Lilliput 31 Caring little whether he is still a shepherd or metamorphosed into a fisherman or cobbler, so long as he is still with us, going his own fantastic gait. 1940 H. Read Annals of Innocence ii. ii. 82 These are qualities to be enjoyed by non-poetic people: the poet must go his own gait. 1958 Times 4 Oct. 9/5 Miss Watts, whose voice is of the right weight and gait for Bach. b. plural, esp. of a horse: Paces. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait pacec1450 train1575 gaits1684 going1690 1684 London Gaz. No. 1916/4 Lost..a black Gelding..the near Foot behind White, a small Star, and all his gates very well. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4540/8 Stoln or strayed..a Bay Gelding..hath all his Gates. a1717 T. Parnell Anacreontic vii Cupid mock'd his stammring Tongue With all his staggring Gaits. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 195 In photographing the various gaits of a saddle horse, it is best to [etc.]. Compounds † gait-trip n. Obsolete manner of walking. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking stepOE gangOE pacec1300 goinga1382 gait1509 motion1531 gature?1548 walk1567 gait-trip1582 tread1609 go1635 démarche1658 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 20 Too moothers counsayl thee fyrye Cupido doth harcken Of puts he his feathers, fauoring with gatetrip Iulus. Derivatives ˈgaited adj. having a (specified) gait or manner of walking or stepping. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking gaited1593 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > having a specific gait paced?1523 gaited1593 easy-going1843 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 62^v So many..heauy-gated lumberers, into the Ministry are stumbled. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 15 Let thy Spiders that sucke vp thy venome, And heauy-gated toades lie in theyr way. View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 53 You must send the Asse vpon the Horse, for he is verie slow gated . View more context for this quotation 1712 London Gaz. No. 5037/15 Lost..a..Gelding..extraordinary well Gated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gaitn.² Brit. /ɡeɪt/, U.S. /ɡeɪt/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s–1800s gait, 1800s geeat, 1800s yait; Scottish 1700s gait, 1700s geate, 1800s gaite, 1800s gat, 1800s gate, 1800s gaut, 1800s gyte, 1800s gytt (north-eastern). Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English gait , goat n. Etymology: Probably a specific semantic development of English regional (northern) and Scots gait, variant of goat n., the sheaf of corn being so called on account of its shape. dialect. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 330 Gait.., a single sheaf of corn, bound near the top, and set upon its butts. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 158 When the geates are dry, or ready to be gathered in. 1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. §2940 When the single sheaves (gaites) have remained in this position for a few days, if [etc.]. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gait, sheaves set up singly in a corn field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gaitn.³ Brit. /ɡeɪt/, U.S. /ɡeɪt/ Etymology: apparently a special use of gate n.², act of going; compare gang n. in the same sense. dialect. (See quot. 1854.) ΚΠ 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 162 Or gait of water from the pump to fetch. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 264 A gait of water is two buckets carried with a yoke; evidently from gait a going, as much as a man can walk with. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gaitv.¹ Brit. /ɡeɪt/, U.S. /ɡeɪt/ Forms: Also 1700s gate, geat. Etymology: < gait n.² dialect. transitive. To set up (reaped corn) in single sheaves or ‘gaits’ to dry. ΚΠ 1797 J. Bailey & G. Culley Gen. View Agric. Northumberland 95 Wheat is set up in stooks of twelve sheaves each; oats and barley are (‘gated’) set up in single sheaves. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 794 Gaiting and hutting the corn. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1066 I would not hesitate to gait any sort of oats when wet with dew in the morning. Derivatives ˈgaiting n. the action of the verb; also concrete = gait n.² ΚΠ 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 157 This practice is provincially called geating. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gaitings, single sheaves of corn set up to dry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gaitv.² Brit. /ɡeɪt/, U.S. /ɡeɪt/ Etymology: apparently < gait gate n.²; compare ‘to set agate n. ’. dialect or technical. transitive. To put in working order, fix up. ΚΠ 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. (at cited word) To gait in Lancashire, is to prepare a loom for weaving. 1869 Eng. Mech. 12 Nov. 217/3 Will any of your numerous readers be kind enough to inform me of the best plan of gaiting a pair of cart wheels, so that they run with ease and freedom? 1869 Eng. Mech. 26 Nov. 264/3 ‘Lancasterian’ may gait his wheels by placing a straight edge to the back of the nave, parallel with the face of the spoke, then take the level [read bevel] along the inside of the buss [etc.]. 1895 Bury Times 6 Apr. 6/3 He had gaited a great many looms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1509n.²1788n.³1827v.¹1797v.²1846
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