noun
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a building above or beside an entrance gate to a city, university, etc, often housing a porter or guard, or (formerly) used as a fortification
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a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion
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a structure that houses the controls operating lock gates or dam sluices
Etymology
Origin of gatehouse
Example Sentences
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Joel has already sold the gatehouse of the abode for $7 million and is now looking to offload the main property, which is known as MiddleSea.
From MarketWatch
The entrance was cordoned off by police and the rubble of what might have been some kind of gatehouse was strewn across the ground.
From BBC
In the 1960s, when Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, lived on the peninsula in a Spanish-style gatehouse, Didion observed the “slump of the hill” making its strange descent into the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times
According to its report, Queen Elizabeth was seen "pacing casually" with her sister Princess Margaret on the road by the gatehouse to the castle when the president drove up with Prince Philip just before noon.
From BBC
It was subsequently expanded with a gatehouse, reception hall and display room by Norman Shaw in the following decade.
From BBC
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