Middle English Dictionary Entry
schāte n.
Entry Info
Forms | schāte n. |
Etymology | ?OIr. scāth shelter, covering; cp. Scot. skathie fence. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A fence.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Symon Lesson (Bod 832)55 : When þou stondyst at any schate, By ware and wyse þat þou cacche no stake.