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wombgate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwuːmɡeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

From womb + gate. In later use sometimes translating Mandarin e.g. 胞門 /胞门 (bāomén).

Meanings

1. (rare) The vulva.
   • The locus classicus for discussions of the womb-gate was Zhang Ji (fl. 196-219), whose writings on “cold damage disorders” and pharmacology had become a pillar of learned medicine during the Northern Song (960-127). 2010, Yu-Li Wu, Reproducing Women, page 109:
   • Tentigo ys ycalled paries vulue, Anglice the Wombeȝates wall, Or elles lingula vulue, Anglice the Wombeȝates tunge. 1379, Henry Daniel, Liber Uricrisiarum:
   • He banged her womb-gate until their last mutual orgasm. 1979, Iceberg Slim, Airtight Willie & Me, Holloway House, published 2004, page 103:

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