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cowgate

noun
plural -s

Definition of cowgate

: a right to pasture one cow on common land a cottager having two cowgates on the common

History and Etymology for cowgate

back-formation from earlier kynegates, from kine (archaic plural of cow entry 1) + gates, plural of gate (way)

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