boutgate

Scots

Etymology

bout (“about”) +‎ gate. Compare boutgates, used adverbially either as a shortening of a phrase like by boutgates or as a survival of the adverbial -s.

Noun

boutgate (plural boutgates)

  1. roundabout way; way around
  2. ruse, deceit
  3. (mining, possibly obsolete) in a shallow pit, a secondary access path to the surface

References

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