Iron Gate

American  

Or Iron Gates

noun

1. a gorge cut by the Danube through the Carpathian Mountains, between Yugoslavia and SW Romania. 2 miles (3.2 km) long.

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Iron Gate British  

noun

1. Romanian name: Porţile de Fier.  a gorge of the River Danube on the border between Romania and Serbia. Length: 3 km (2 miles)

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Example Sentences

A large iron gate marks the entrance of an estate with two mansions set next to pine forests in the Sierra Madre mountains around Tapalpa, a favorite weekend retreat for wealthy Guadalajara businessmen.

From The Wall Street Journal

The “Siemens Brigade,” several thousand of us, marched out the iron gate beneath the charged wires into a world of trees and grass and horizons.

From Literature

The river is so narrow here it is little more than a stream; you walk over to Myanmar through an iron gate and across a little blue wooden bridge, where you are greeted by the flags of the KNU.

From BBC

The chapel where Sanchez had prayed was gutted, and an iron gate blocked the entrance.

From Los Angeles Times

They are laid at the base of a black wrought iron gate, which doubles as a portal between public and private realms and the inescapable suggestion of prison bars.

From Los Angeles Times