单词 | lot gate |
释义 | > as lemmaslot gate lot gate n. U.S. the gate of a field or enclosure for animals. ΚΠ 1854 Spirit of Times 12 Aug. 305/3 The lot gate was open and they [sc. the horses] ran into it. 1871 Nineteenth Cent. Feb. 106 I hear the tramping of horse's feet at the lot gate; go and see, Robert, if Mr. Norman's horse is there. 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris iv. 281 Restless hounds waited for them at the lot gate. 1983 Hudson Rev. 36 271 She could see Kevin Stoner as a boy, moving about some rickety Virginia farm, a bucket of chicken feed in his hand, sliding back the latch of a lot gate. 2008 R. L. Smith Gone to Swamp 40 Dad had seen the pair [of oxen] and had driven ahead to open the lot gate. < as lemmas |
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