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- noun Plural form of
ploughgate .
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Examples
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And it should be a field of four ploughgates, and the clod should yield before the ploughshare.
Book XVIII Homer 1909
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And without the courtyard hard by the door is a great garden, off our ploughgates, and a hedge runs round on either side.
Book VII Homer 1909
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And it should be a field of four ploughgates, and the clod should yield before the ploughshare.
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878
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And without the courtyard hard by the door is a great garden, off our ploughgates, and a hedge runs round on either side.
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878
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