Meaning of go-out | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

Examples

“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.”

“Up until then, I had only surfed Rincon a couple of times. And, they were short go-outs.”

“Many business-related surf trips to Florida culminated in my moving to Cocoa Bach, in 1969, but my fondest surf memories are of LBI—especially early morning go-outs off Tebco Terrace in Holgate.”

“Dick Metz came from the era when you slept on the beach, made your own boards, and could only take 20-minute go-outs in California's cold waves, which makes him the surfer with the connection to surfing's enchanting past.”

“Came to Trestles Headquarters today, and the scene was as it's been since the building opened—we, all of us Lifeguards, cronies and peers standing around contemplating the effects of wind, swell and tide, our lives an endless round of surf checks and possible "go-outs.””

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