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gatepost

[ geyt-pohst ]

noun

  1. the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.


gatepost

/ ˈɡeɪtˌpəʊst /

noun

    1. the post on which a gate is hung
    2. the post to which a gate is fastened when closed
  1. between you, me, and the gatepost
    confidentially
  2. logic another name for turnstile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gatepost1

First recorded in 1515–25; gate 1 + post 1
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Example Sentences

Drought conditions in Yorkshire have seen water levels in parched reservoirs tumble to below 50% full, and in Scar House's case to expose building, dry stone walls and gateposts.

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Around 20 minutes later she was found on the ground near the gateposts with serious head injuries.

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The girl had made a flag of pink, white and turquoise tissue paper and affixed it to a paper towel tube and hung it from the gatepost.

The red circles, painted on gateposts and trees, depicted the man himself, looking keen, gaunt and defiant, his aquiline nose pointing us in the right direction.

For all her accolades, Ms. Soskin sees herself, like Leontine, as another “helper,” dedicated to “draping symbolic ‘white towels’ over imaginary gateposts.”

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