throughgang

English

Alternative forms
  • through-gang, through-gaun

Etymology

From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- +‎ gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan).

Noun

throughgang (plural throughgangs)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway
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