yett

American  

[yet] / yɛt /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. gate.

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yett British  

/ jɛt /

noun

1. a gate or door

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Etymology

Origin of yett

Scots form of gate ¹

Example Sentences

Within this hall neither rich nor yett poore Wold do for me ought although I shold dye.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

They plainly through the country rides, I trow the mickle devil them guides, Where they onset Ay in their gait, There is no yett, Nor door them bides.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

Now's but the nonage of My paines, My feares Are yett but hopes, weake as my infant yeares.10 6.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

I ... doe most humbly throwe myselfe at your Ma'ties feet," he said, "in a dutifull thankfullness to your Majestie, that you yett think me worthy of your Royall Commands.

From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

Some of her bones in Warwicke yett Still for a monument doth lye, And there exposed to lookers viewe, As wondrous strange, they may espye.

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