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gatehouse
/ ˈɡeɪtˌhaʊs /
noun
- a building above or beside an entrance gate to a city, university, etc, often housing a porter or guard, or (formerly) used as a fortification
- a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion
- a structure that houses the controls operating lock gates or dam sluices
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gatehouse1
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Example Sentences
We were admitted by the keeper, who lives in the dilapidated but delightfully picturesque half-timbered gatehouse.
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The bell was that of the “faire chappell” on 142 the green outside the gatehouse, and it was calling to matins.
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This mansion makes a framework to the gatehouse of the old Priory, the entrance-chamber being formed out of the ancient gateway.
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The gatehouse stands, and in a room over the entrance the Court-leet of the Archbishops is still held.
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The church adjoins their roofless old gatehouse, and is a fine old place of worship, with a stone spire of the Northants type.
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