wombgate

English

Alternative forms

• womb-gate
• wombȝate [14th c.]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwuːmɡeɪt/

Noun

wombgate (plural wombgates)

1. (rare) The vulva. [from 14th c.]
   • 1379, Henry Daniel, Liber Uricrisiarum:

     Tentigo ys ycalled paries vulue, Anglice the Wombeȝates wall, Or elles lingula vulue, Anglice the Wombeȝates tunge.

   • 1979, Iceberg Slim, Airtight Willie & Me, Holloway House, published 2004, page 103:

     He banged her womb-gate until their last mutual orgasm.

   • 2010, Yu-Li Wu, Reproducing Women, page 109:

     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).