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outgang

noun
/ˈaʊ̯tˌɡæŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English outgang, from Old English ūtgang (“an outgoing, exit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtgang, from Proto-Germanic *ūtgangaz, equivalent to out- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutgoang (“exit”), West Frisian útgong (“exit”), Dutch uitgang (“exit”), German Ausgang (“exit”), Swedish utgång (“exit”).

  1. inherited from *ūtgangaz✻
  2. inherited from *ūtgang✻
  3. inherited from ūtgang — “an outgoing, exit”
  4. inherited from outgang

Definitions

  1. An exit or egress.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:outgang.
    • Is there any other outgang in this here building?

  2. The act of giving up occupancy of property.

  3. An outgate

    An outgate; a cattle-gate.

    • Sit William Saunders, priest, gave as follows:—for the repair of the church windows, bridges for a church road, bell ropes, &c., church balke, … dam, and dam bridge, and outgang, … outgang between White Hall Close and Mill Hill Close …
    • An ordinary outgang was a place where the cattle of a village assembled, when they were to be driven out together to ... This outgang seems to have run between the old enclosed lands and the southern part of the West Carr or Marsh [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA