(n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable
structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
(n.) An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage.
Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
(n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of
water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
(n.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence,
place of vantage; power; might.
(n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to
pass through or into.
(n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the
mold; the ingate.
(n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or
sullage piece.
(v. t.) To supply with a gate.
(v. t.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an
earlier hour than usual.
(n.) A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
(n.) Manner; gait.
