n.
A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
n.
An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
n.
A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
n.
The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
n.
In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
n.
The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
n.
The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
v. t.
To supply with a gate.
v. t.
To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
n.
A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
n.
A house connected or associated with a gate.
n.
A gate keeper; a gate tender.
n.
A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
n.
A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
n.
A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
adv.
In the manner of a gate.
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