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yetts

yetts is the plural of yett.

Meaning of yett

Noun

yett (plural yetts)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) Gate.
    • They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts and aneath the auld portcullis; […]1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet
  2. A gate made of iron bars, used for defensive purposes in castles and other buildings, which is hinged to open like a door, rather than being raised and lowered like a portcullis.
    • [A] yett was in use along with the portcullis. At Doune we have an example of an existing yett, set about a foot behind the portcullis grooves; of course, it is impossible to say whether the two were contemporary, but it seems[…]1888, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, page 318

Questions about yetts

What is yetts the plural of?
Yetts is the plural of yett.

Words near yetts in the dictionary

  1. yetted
  2. Yettem
  3. Yetter
  4. Yetters
  5. yetting
  6. yetts
  7. yetzer
  8. yetzer hara
  9. yetzers
  10. yeuch
  11. yeugh

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