Goit
Origin 1
From Middle English gote ("channel, stream"), from Old English *gotu ("channel, gutter, drain"), from Proto-Germanic *gutÅ ("gutter, drain"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°ew- ("to pour"). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate ("trench, ditch, watercourse"), Dutch goot ("gutter"), Middle Low German gote ("ditch"). More at gote.
Full definition of goit
Noun
goit
(plural goits)- (UK, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
Origin 2
Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.