ait

American  

[eyt] / eɪt /

Also eyot

noun

British Dialect.

1. a small island, especially a braid bar.

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ait British  

/ eɪt /

noun

1. dialect an islet, esp in a river

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Etymology

Origin of ait

First recorded before 900; Middle English eyt, Old English ȳgett, diminutive of ieg, īg “island,” cognate with Middle Low German ō, ōge, ou(we), Old High German ouwa, Old Norse ey; island

Example Sentences

In the same town, 19-year-old student Imane ait Said looked over the rubble of her house after returning from the city of Fez where she was studying.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

Abdulmajid ait Jaefer says he was at home with his wife and three children when the earthquake struck and "the floor fell through".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

"The time has come when we should ait through the brush!"

From Time Magazine Archive

“There’s an ait to listening well,” he told me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Tune, miser, tu, mundus ait, mea fulmina contra Ferre manus, armis cum tibi nuda manus?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard