Sc. and north. dial. Also 6–7 gait(e. [GATE sb.2 4.] The main street of a town or village.

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1587.  Durham Wills (Surtees), III. 129. Frome the particione of the said barene northward, unto the toune-gaite.

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1607.  in N. Riding Rec. (1883), I. 99. Will Kidd of Kirby Moorside presented for keeping disorder in the Towne-gate.

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1817.  Blackw. Mag., May, 155/1. The straggled houses … with their gable-ends, backs, or corners, turned to the street or town-gate.

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1867.  Crim. Chronol. York Castle, 207. The town-gate in Mirfield.

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