| 单词 |
overgate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈovergate, n. Also 8 -gait. [f. over- 5 b + gate n.2] a. A way over a wall, stream, etc. north. dial. b. Mining. An overhead air-passage.
1796W. Marshall Yorksh. (ed. 2) Gloss. (E.D.S.), Ower⁓gait, (accented on the first syllable), [a] stile-place, or imperfect gap, in a hedge. Also a ‘stepping-place’ across a brook. 1851in Greenwell Coal-trade Terms Northumb. & Durh. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Ower-gate, a stepping-style in a field. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Over⁓gate, an air-way overhead in a pit, where one air-course is carried by a bridge over another. ▪ II. † ˈovergate, adv. Obs. rare. [f. over prep. 9 + gate n.2 9 b.] In the way of excess, excessively.
a1450Myrc 1307 Hast þow I-coueted ouer gate Worldes worschype or any a-state? |

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