<span class="searchmatch">flodegate</span>, flodeȝate, flodeyate, floodȝate ffluydgate, fludeȝate, ffludgate (Northern) flodȝete (Early Middle English) From flod + gate. IPA(key): /ˈfloːdˌɡaːt/...
See also: flood-gate and flood gate From Middle English <span class="searchmatch">flodegate</span>, flodgate, flodeyate, floodȝate, flodȝete, equivalent to flood + gate. IPA(key): /ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/...
increasing. This word often appears in rhyming collocations with good. <span class="searchmatch">flodegate</span> English: flood Scots: fluid, flude “flọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor...
Any kind of entrance or entryway; e.g. a crossing through mountains. <span class="searchmatch">flodegate</span> Newgate English: gate, yate Scots: yett, yet, ȝett, ȝet Yola: gaaute,...