Where does gate-toothed come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

gate-toothed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

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"I was a wonder bred among the crew / Of quiet, gate-toothed, crooked-nosed psychopaths,"
"The printing machine insists on justifying the lines and produces gate-toothed copy of little elegance."
"With a gate-toothed smile, she dug her fat fingers into the pot of smelly stuff."

From Middle English gat-tothed.

gap-toothed

gap-toothed

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