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What was a Gate It was:-

The Definition of a Gate

1 cow, ox, steer or heifer, of more than 2 years as 1 gate 3 beasts of 2 years as 2 gates 1 horse, mare or gelding of 2 years as 1 gate 1 calf of 1 year as ½ gate A foal of 1 year as ¾ of a gate A mare, with foal unweaned and under 1 year, as 1 ½ gates 4 sheep, each above a year, as 1 gate 1 ewe, with her lamb or lambs unweaned, as ¼ gate 2 weaned lambs, under 1 year, as ¼ gate

** Stint **

Also known as: Beastgate, Cattlegate, Gate, Gait.

A 'stint' or 'gait' is a pasture right defined as a fixed number of animals. Thus a common or pasture may be said to be 'stinted': each grazier holds a certain number of stints, and a formula adjusts their value for different livestock (e.g. one stint = one ewe with lamb, four stints = one horse, etc.). The stinting formulae vary between commons and pastures. A stint is sometimes expressed in terms of a 'beastgate' or 'cattlegate' (the right to graze one horned beast on common land), with a formula which converts the beastgate into alternative types of livestock (e.g. one beastgate = ten sheep). See also De Moor, Shaw-Taylor, and Warde (2001, 261).