geat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

See gate.

Noun

geat (plural geats)

  1. The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.


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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Noun

ġeat n

  1. a gate

Declension

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