A gate designed for cattle; also a right or access point for grazing cattle in a shared pasture.
Compound word from 'cattle' and 'gate.' In medieval England, a 'cattlegate' was a specific legal right to pasture a certain number of cattle on common land.
Medieval villages used 'cattlegates' as a measurable unit of wealth—owning one meant you could graze one cow on the commons, which was like owning shares in pastureland!
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