Middle English Dictionary Entry
wā̆ter-gā̆te n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | wā̆ter-gā̆te n.(2) |
| Etymology | From wā̆ter n. & gā̆te n.(2); cp. OE wæter-gyte a pouring of water, watercourse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A channel for water, waterway; a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building for carrying off rain water, gutter;
(b) anat. one of the two ducts conveying urine from the kidney to the bladder, a ureter;
(c) as place name.
Associated quotations
a
- (1368-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100575 : In exp. factis pro uno Watergat pro minera de Raynton, 8 li. 17 s. 4 d.
- (1408) Acc.Iron Master in EHR 14517 : Soluta…laborariis, operantibus et facientibus unum Watergate extendentem de Heribourne usque dictum forgeum.
- (1417) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8513 : We, serchours of the masons and wryghts of the cite of York, awarde that Thomas Bernard gutter of hys costage betwix his tenement that William Garnet dwellys in…and bryng of his coste the watergate overthwarte at the ende of the same newe house, so that the water comme downe in a pipe of lede by the alde poste that standys by the walle of John of Moreton.
- (1447) Doc.Durham in Sur.Soc.9p.cccxiii : John, Bertrame, Alexander, William, Rallyn, & William sall of thare awen costages and expens labour & wyn a watergate for wynnyng of cole in the same colepit of Spennyngmore, and the same watergate like as thai wyn itt thai sall leefe it in the yeer ende.
- (1447-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99236 : Eidem et famulo sibi servienti operantibus circa le riddyng de lez watergate ejusdem molendini per duos dies.
b
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)329/4791 : Salt fleume…swymmes furth be vena concava to epar…& furth to þe vesy be þe water gatis, id est, be þe wayes of þe uryn þat are called urichydes.
c
- (1395) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.55 : [Certain workmen, called] mynours, [of a mine in a field called] Fenhomfeld [near Newcastle upon Tyne…have raised a dyke called] Watergate [through the middle of the king’s demesne lands].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. watergate.