Meaning

A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters when the tide is out..

Definitions by Sense

1. A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters when the tide is out.
2. A dog obedience training maneuver, in which the dog leaves the trainer and goes to a target (a white fence), turns, and sits there
3. A session of surfing, bodyboarding, windsurfing, or similar sea sport.

Example Sentences

John of Gaunt, "time-honoured Lancaster,," made Lincoln Castle his summer residence, and built a winter palace in the southern suburbs, near the Gowts (go-outs) bridge.

There is a public-house in the parish of Burgh-le-March, near Boston, called the "Gowt," and I was told that it meant the go out, or junction of two drains, and that it was a common word in those parts .

GOTE—'Pease-Gote Lane.' 'Gote' or 'Gowt' is an outfall or a sluice for the draining the land, it is the "go-out" of a water-course .

But in Queen Elizabeth's reign the river below Boston was getting so silted up again that the waters of South Holland were brought by means of two "gowts" (go outs), or "clows," one into the Witham above Boston at Langrick, and one below into the harbour at Skirbeck, to scour out the channel.

This method of teaching the go-out is set up to take 11 days, but can be done in a week if your training sessions are scheduled properly.

If you are a competition trainer, an immediate sit is paramount, whether the dog is sitting when coming to a halt while heeling, sitting at front, or doing a go-out.

It is used in competition obedience training to teach send-aways (or go-outs) in Utility.

The last time we practiced go-outs he did not understand the game and was frustrated.

Word Forms

• go-outs
• gowt

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When Should You Use Go-out?

Use go-out when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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