Synonyms for gating

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gey-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪ tɪŋ

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Définition of gating

Origin : "opening, entrance," Old English geat (plural geatu) "gate, door, opening, passage, hinged framework barrier," from Proto-Germanic *gatan (cf. Old Norse gat "opening, passage," Old Saxon gat "eye of a needle, hole," Old Frisian gat "hole, opening," Dutch gat "gap, hole, breach," German Gasse "street"), of unknown origin. Meaning "money collected from selling tickets" dates from 1896 (short for gate money, 1820). Gate-crasher is from 1927. Finnish katu, Lettish gatua "street" are Germanic loan-words.

As in attendance : verb people present at event

Example sentences :

Virgilll rot before I do his thousand lines or pay any attention to his gating.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

I am disposed to ask you to dispense the gating and the penalties for violating it.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

This corresponds to some extent with the English system of 'gating.'
Extract from : « Greifenstein » by F. Marion Crawford

Say, a thousand lines apiece, a week's gating, and a few things of that kind.
Extract from : « Stalky & Co. » by Rudyard Kipling

Every weaver had his own way of gating, and his own little tricks of weaving.
Extract from : « In the Days of the Guild » by Louise Lamprey

"Oh, no, sir," said Stalky cheerfully; for a week's gating in the summer term is serious.
Extract from : « Stalky & Co. » by Rudyard Kipling

The gating, however, did not last many weeks, and before long our friends were back at their old haunts again.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

Undoubtedly, commented Mr. Roylston, but I have had the unpleasant duty of gating you for a month.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

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