English Explanatory Dictionary

goit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
noun
  1. A fool.

Pronunciation

/ɡɔɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-goit.wav

Word forms

goit goits

Etymology

From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.

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