单词 | throughgang |
释义 | throughgangn.adj. Scottish. A. n. A way or route through; an entrance; a thoroughfare; esp. a narrow passageway forming a route between two other roads or streets, or between two places. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > through throughwayOE throughgangc1400 thoroughfarec1405 throughgate1457 through-passage1575 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road headwayOE high streetOE wayOE port highwayOE port-streetOE port-wayOE highway1257 high gate1324 thoroughfare1540 open road1656 rum pad1665 country road1669 toby lay1807 high toby spice1811 throughgang1856 c1400 Burgh Laws (Bute) c. 69, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Throuchgang Mysal man..sal nocht ga dure be dure both thai sal syt at the thruch gangys of the toun and thare thai sal ask almows fra furth passand men and entrand. 1463 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 22 The througang is set to William Met for 8s., on his own security. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. 80 Secrete throwgangs are schawin. 1587 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 205 In the portche or throwgang of the said West Kirk dure. 1611 in A. O. Ewing View Merchants House Glasgow (1866) 108 Ye throwgang of ye clois pertening to Johne Wilsoun. 1715 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1974) IX. at Throu The entry or thro'-gang of the said Andrew Leitch's [courtyard]. 1856 H. S. Riddell Gospel St. Matthew vi. 19 Dinna tout ane trumpit afore thee, as the hypocrites do in the synigogues an' in the throwgangs. 1893 Glasgow Herald 7 Aug. 4/3 An arched pen through the Virginia Street front, and a through-gang to Miller Street. 1914 Canad. Law Times Apr. 340 The Lord Advocate..from whose residence in the Advocates' Close, Edinburgh, that famous ‘throw-gang’ derives its name. 1975 J. Strawhorn Ayrshire vii. 52 Sometimes there was a throughgang (or passage) to a yard door at the rear. That provides a way or route through; (in early use) designating a window, room, etc., which opens on to or leads to another room or area; (later) designating a street or passageway which is open at both ends, as opposed to a cul-de-sac or dead end. Cf. throughgoing adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [adjective] > through thorough?a1425 throughgang1523 1523 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 220 For ane band to the throuchgang windo of the quenis chalmer. 1581 Argyll Munim. (Argyll Arch., Inverary Castle) in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Throuchgang To ane messone for pending of the throwgane ȝeit of the clois in Stirveling. 1650–1 in F. Roberts & I. M. M. Macphail Dumbarton Common Good Accts. (1972) 177 The litle throw gang sellar..taken..to imprisoun Jonet Ewing. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A throwgang close is an open passage, by which one may go from one street to another, as opposed to a blind alley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : † through-gangv. < n.adj.c1400 see also |
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