yett

[yet]

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. gate.

yett

/ jɛt /

noun

1. a gate or door

Word History and Origins

Origin of yett¹

Scots form of gate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of yett¹

Old English variant of _gate ¹

Example Sentences

The UN has amplified its appeal for a humanitarian pause to allow food convoys into the city, with its Sudan envoy Sheldon Yett once more demanding this week that the warring sides observe their obligations under international law.

From BBC

Unicef's Sudan representative Sheldon Yett also said some conditions were slowly improving in areas of central Sudan, which had recently become accessible to aid workers after the Sudanese army drove out RSF fighters.

From BBC

"Children in Darfur are being starved by conflict and cut off from the very aid that could save them," said Sheldon Yett from Unicef.

From BBC

The famous 'Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious' headline followed the win by Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who would finish sixth in the second tier yett beat hosts who would again be runners-up to Rangers in the top flight.

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E before a and o has the sound of y as a consonant; i before e and u has the same sound: thus, Earl = yarl; eow = you; iett = yett; and iúgoth = yúgoth, youth.

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