Confess that word is so far removed from everyday speech
that I never thought of it! Okay, okay, I don't hear the word alate either, but at least I see it in puzzles.

Was it you who said earlier that you live near the most famous racetrack in the world? (wonderfully Americocentric assumpion by the way, my mind went straight to Ascot, with Aintree a close second).
If you do live in bluegrass country, would you decribe Pegasus as alate or wingèd?