yett

[yet]

noun Chiefly Scot.

gate.

Nearby words

Origin of yett

Scots form of gate¹

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Examples from the Web for yett

The impact, to Yett, is one only these girls have the authority to make.
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Is T. Triplett at London yett, or have you any great occasion to draw him up.
Microcosmography|John Earle
The friar then drew the yett to, and walked on towards the castle, with his Grace leaning on his arm.
Ringan Gilhaize|John Galt
But I gripped an oak-ritt and stelled mysel for an hour till the water knockit the yett to sawdust.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan

If I were to find a fault in it, methinkes 'tis not masculine enough; yett he was a person of great courage.
Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2)|John Aubrey
She threatened not only to break the yett to pieces, but to hang the toll-keeper owre the yett-post if he offered resistance.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 18|Alexander Leighton

British Dictionary definitions for yett

yett

noun

Scot a gate or door

Word Origin for yett

Old English variant of gate 1

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