yate

British

/ jeɪt /

noun

any of several small eucalyptus trees, esp Eucalyptus cornuta, yielding a very hard timber

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Etymology

Origin of yate

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

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Poco después, el hombre pierde la memoria al caer por la borda de su yate y ella se venga haciéndole creer que es su esposo.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2020

Logran rescatarlo, pero el yate encalla en una isla, el padre está herido en una pierna, y el lugar está llena de osos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2020

They wistna weel where they were gaen, 90 Wi' the stratlins o' their feet; They wistna weel where they were gaen, Till at her father's yate.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Fearful soughs the bourtree bank, The rifted wood roars wild and dreary, Loud the iron yate does clank, And cry of howlets makes me eerie.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

There’s never a Scot shall set thee free; Before ye cross my castle yate, I vow ye shall take farewell o’ me.”

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

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