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lych gate
/ lɪtʃ /
noun
- a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lych gate1
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Example Sentences
A quiet, peaceful spot it is, entered by a lych-gate and surrounded by a small "God's acre."
Look to it: him that is last at the lych-gate Sir Daniel shall reward.
They passed the lych-gate of the churchyard, and then, following a sudden impulse, Radmore turned into the post-office.
Then we went up to the cemetery on the hill, with that beautiful lych-gate you were so fond of.
Her back was turned to the village and to the lych-gate, and she was looking up at poor Eustace's bug-bear—the barn-like chancel.
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