ingate

noun — 2 senses

ingate

noun

/ˈɪn.ɡeɪt/

Etymology From in + gate.

1

Obsolete entrance or beginning,

  • […] which hath in charge the ingate of the yeare.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:
  • there is no ingate to the conscience1879, Adam Lind, Sermons:
2

Engineering, Metallurgy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The aperture in a mould for pouring in the metal; the gate; tedge.

  • ingate pin

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