tail gate

noun

1. See head gate
   a gate that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end of a lock Compare head gate

Example Sentences

The end gate of a prairie schooner was lost on a hill, and Tail Gate mountain came into being.

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Why don't you get the tail gate of the bed wagon and use that?

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Maybe Frank will lend us the tail gate of his wagon to put over it.

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And now, at the tail gate of every wagon, lashed fast for its last long journey, hung also the family plow.

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The cook, on being appealed to, declined to lend the tail gate of the cook wagon.

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