yett

名词 n. 副词 adv.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gate. Geordie,Scotland
    — They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts and aneath the auld portcullis; […]
  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[…]
副词 adv.
  1. Obsolete spelling of yet. alt-of,not-comparable,obsolete
    — So when the L. Chauncellor or Keeper passeth anie patent by imediate warrant, yett the fees of the Clerke of the Seale and Signett are ordered to be awnswered, and yett theie doe noething for them.

词形变化

yetts plural
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