noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.
2. 2
   A member of a North Germanic tribe formerly occupying what is now Götaland in Sweden.

Etymology

Etymology 1

See gate.

Etymology 2

From Old English Ġēat, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”).

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