throughgang

English edit

Alternative forms edit

through-gang, through-gaun

Etymology edit

From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- +‎ gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan).

Noun edit

throughgang (plural throughgangs)

(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway

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