English Explanatory Dictionary

loke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The wicket or hatch of a door.
  2. A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
  3. A private path or road.
  4. A small field or meadow.

Word forms

loke lokes

Etymology

From Middle English loke, from Old English loca (“a bar, bolt; enclosure, stronghold”), from Proto-Germanic *lukô, *lukǭ (“lock, clasp, shutter, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Icelandic loka (“clasp, latch, lock, bolt”). More at lock.

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