sea gate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sea gate
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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It crashed through what appeared to be a two-story-high sea gate, then careened through the valley, following a two-lane road.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2011
Five hundred miles east of the Strait, between Cuba and Haiti, lies the Caribbean's central and most used sea gate: the deep, so-mile-wide Windward Passage.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sum of the Rovers' and Loketh's knowledge of the sea gate had been added for his benefit, but he knew that this venture must depend upon himself alone.
From Key Out of Time by Andre Norton
"What would you do now, if you were lord of the place?" asked Clementina, as they were walking back by the sea gate; "-- I mean, what would be the first thing you would do?"
From The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald
But remember ... the magic of the Foanna at the sea gate did not work against me.
From Key Out of Time by Andre Norton
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