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beast-gates

beast-gates is the plural of beast-gate.

Meaning of beast-gate

Noun

beast-gate (plural beast-gates)

  1. (obsolete) A meadow.
    • Alſo, you are to queſtion him concerning his Paſtures, as well thoſe in ſeuerall, as the Paſtures in common, what every Beaſt-gate is worth by the yeare in euery of them ſeuerally; whereof you may otherwiſe alſo informe your ſelfe,leſt you be deceiued.1585, John Blagrave, chapter X, in The Mathematical Iewel, London: […] Walter Venge, page 211

Questions about beast-gates

What is beast-gates the plural of?
Beast-gates is the plural of beast-gate.

Words near beast-gates in the dictionary

  1. beast of prey
  2. beast of venery
  3. beast on
  4. beast with two backs
  5. beast-gate
  6. beast-gates
  7. beastdom
  8. beasted
  9. beasted on
  10. beasten
  11. beasterly

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