Gote

Alternative forms

• gout

Origin

From Middle English gote ("a drain"), from Old English *gote ("drain, gutter"), from Proto-Germanic *gutōn ("gutter"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeud- ("to pour"). Cognate with Dutch goot ("a gutter, drain, gully"), German Gosse ("a gutter"). Related to Old English gutt ("gut, entrails"), Old English ġēotan ("to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast"). More at gut, yote.

Full definition of gote

Noun

1. A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
2. (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.

Related terms

• gotch