Also yeit. [Native name.] Either of two species of gum-tree, Eucalyptus cornuta and E. occidentalis (flat-topped yate), of south-western Australia, yielding a tough wood; also the wood itself.
1880. Von Mueller, Select Extra-trop. Plants, 110.
1884. Miller, Plant-n., Yate-tree, or Yeit-tree, Eucalyptus cornuta.
1907. Westm. Gaz., 20 Nov., 12/1. The extraordinary properties of yate, believed to be the strongest of all known woods.
