lych gate
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lych gate
C15: lich, from Old English līc corpse
Example Sentences
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The bells of the village church were ringing out for the service, and groups of two and three were passing in at the old lych gate.
From Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre
The newly banded guard of Royal bowmen, gay in their scarlet and white livery, were formed up in two straight lines from the church door to the lych gate.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Another relic of this time is the panel of carved oak in the lych gate of St. Giles', Bloomsbury, dated 1638.
From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield
As he was passing by the Church he noticed an old man, very poorly dressed in an old grey coat with the collar turned up, leaning over the lych gate, in floods of tears.
From Eminent Victorians by Giles Lytton Strachey
It had a typical country churchyard, with a large yew tree inside the old lych gate.
From The Carved Cupboard by Amy Le Feuvre
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