Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In English law, right of pasturage in the land of another. It is a distinct and several interest in laud, and passes by lease and release.
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Examples
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He finally marked where he thought the trucks should be and then he traced a route cross country back to Harkle's cattle-gate.
No Country For Old Men McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- 2005
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Glancing up and around, he saw a wood at his side, and just here a cattle-gate in the rail fence, through which a herd had evidently passed, not long since, to be milked and housed in the home barn for the night.
Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry
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Roddy walked slowly, trying not to meet him at the cattle-gate.
Mary Olivier: a Life May Sinclair 1904
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