Definition of "ait"

The ait where the osiers grew.

1649, R. Hodges, unknown title

‘[H]e the said seigneur, in quality of Lord Paramount, is to all intents and purposes invested with the sole right and property of the river running through his fief, together with […] all the islands and aits within it.’

1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 148

Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits.

1833, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9

Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.

1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853

Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,An' aits set up their awnie horn,

1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink