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Monument in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Batticaloa Gate is a monument, which was used as a port to connect Puliyanthivu (island) with the mainland of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The place is believed
Batticaloa_Gate
City in Sri Lanka
Batticaloa (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு, Maṭṭakkaḷappu, IPA: [mɐʈːɐkːɐɭɐpːɯ]; Sinhala: මඩකලපුව, Maḍakalapuwa, IPA: [məɖəkələpuʋə]) is a major city in the Eastern
Batticaloa
1628 fort in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
1796 – Captured by British Forts of Sri Lanka Batticaloa Gate Batticaloa fort Antique print of the Batticaloa Fort by Baldaeus, 1672 A view from the main
Batticaloa_fort
Colonial title and office in Ceylon
Robert Barnes Alagaratnam (Chief Mudaliyar Eastern Province) Batticaloa (1912-1920) Gate Mudaliyar Don Johannes Tillekeratne Abeyesekere, Mudaliyar of
Ceylonese_Mudaliyars
British colonial official
missionary, Reverend William Ault in 1814. Contemporarily known as Batticaloa Gate, the design has a distinct resemblance to the Gateway of India in Mumbai
Robert Atherton (civil servant)
Robert_Atherton_(civil_servant)
by PLOTE. TELC – Tamil Eelam Liberation Cobras (1983), a short-lived Batticaloa-based group. As per Taraki, "It was widely known as the Cobra Army (Naaha
List of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups
List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups
1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict
positions in Batticaloa, and Vavuniya. Air Force planes attacked LTTE positions on 26 July, and ground troops began an operation to open the gate. The sluice
Sri_Lankan_civil_war
Sri Lankan government policy
in the areas of Ampara and Batticaloa districts. The Sinhalese population rose from 31,107 in 1953 in the combined Batticaloa and Amparai Districts to 157
State-sponsored Sinhalese colonisation
State-sponsored_Sinhalese_colonisation
in Hatton and Colombo; and Assistant Director of Land Development in Batticaloa. He became Controller of Supply, Cadre and Finance in the Treasury in
C._Balasingham
Series of suicide bombings
The church bombings were carried out during Easter services in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo; the hotels bombed included the Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings
King of Kandy from 1635 to 1687
signed an extensive military and trade treaty with them. The Dutch seized Batticaloa on 18 May 1639 and a joint Kandyan–Dutch campaign began to make inroads
Rajasinha_II
List of Asian ethnic groups
Hmong fled further south to Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam, and Laos. The ResearchGate mirror (archive) contains metadata about the presentation. Due to a lack
List of contemporary ethnic groups of Asia
List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups_of_Asia
Tamil kingdom in present-day Sri Lanka (1215–1619)
the Portuguese. Nallur, the capital was built with four entrances with gates. There were two main roadways and four temples at the four gateways. The
Jaffna_kingdom
Conflict between Sri lanka and the LTTE
military announced the capture of Vakarai, a coastal town of eastern Batticaloa district, on January 19, 2007, the military has accused the LTTE of using
Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV
Eastern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV
Series of religiously motivated riots targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka
Retrieved 2 June 2019. "No UGC approval for Batticaloa campus". News First. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019. "Batticaloa University to be assigned under Higher
2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
2019_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka
Main airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fort. From there, various intercity trains are available to Badulla, Batticaloa, Galle, Jaffna, Kandy, Matara, and Trincomalee. Katunayake Railway Station
Bandaranaike International Airport
Bandaranaike_International_Airport
Conflict between Sri lanka and LTTE separatists
11 July 2007 following nearly a year of fighting. The TMVP contested Batticaloa district local council election on 10 March 2008 and won all 9 councils
Eelam_War_IV
Most populous city of Sri Lanka
Matale, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Jaffna, Kankesanturai. Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Talaimannar (presently just Madhu Road). Coastal Line – Colombo to Panadura;
Colombo
measured on the east coast ranged from 4.5–9 m (15–30 ft) at Pottuvill to Batticaloa at 2.6–5 m (8 ft 6 in – 16 ft 5 in) in the north-east around Trincomalee
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami
Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka (1976–2009)
August 2006. Systematically, Sampoor, Vakarai, Kanjikudichchi Aru and Batticaloa also came under military control. The military then captured Thoppigala
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam
Location from which distances are traditionally measured
Colombo-Kandy Road, A2 – Colombo-Wellawaya (CGHW) Road and A4 – Colombo-Batticaloa (CRWB) Road. In Sweden, the equestrian statue of King Gustav II Adolf
Kilometre_zero
The population of Moors are the highest in the Ampara, Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts. The Portuguese named the Muslims in India and Sri Lanka after
List_of_Sri_Lankan_Moors
Trincomalee District Thirukkovil Sithira Velayutha Swami Kovil, in Thirukkovil, Batticaloa, Arugam Bay, Amparai Panamai, Amparai Ukanthamalai Murugan Kovil, in Okanda
Hindu_pilgrimage_sites
Month of 1978
killed 915 people struck Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, making landfall at Batticaloa, reaching peak intensity with 140-mile-per-hour (230 km/h) winds by the
November_1978
Ceylonese civil servant (1853–1924)
Kalutara and Colombo; and district judge in Chilaw, Kegalle, Kalutara, Batticaloa and Kurunegala. Early on his career, Arunachalam's quality of work was
Ponnambalam_Arunachalam
Lexington-class aircraft carrier
(the others are the Oriskany, in the Gulf of Mexico, and HMS Hermes, off Batticaloa in Sri Lanka.) After a hiatus of several years, dive trips resumed in
USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)
Sri Lankan politician (born 1967)
Anura Karunathilake publications indexed by Google Scholar Publications by Anura Karunathilaka at ResearchGate Anura Karunathilaka profile on Manthri.lk
Anura_Karunathilake
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (1924–2000)
University. In 1948 he began practicing law in Batticaloa. Mustapha married the eldest daughter of Gate Mudaliyar Mohammed Samsudeen Kariapper, the chairman
M._M._Mustapha
Ayacucho prison, resulting in the release of 255 inmates. In the 1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak on 23 September 1983, 41 Tamil political prisoners and 151 criminal
List_of_prison_escapes
public on 9 May 1992 and is located in a 1671 Dutch Warehouse above the Old Gate of Galle Fort. Whilst the building housing the museum survived the impact
National Maritime Museum (Galle)
National_Maritime_Museum_(Galle)
Dam in Maha Oya
This nearby structure is believed to be made for the sluice gate of the tank
Rambakan_Oya_Dam
WWII battle in Ceylon between Britain and Japan
HMS Hollyhock, a Flower-class corvette, about 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) south of Batticaloa Light with the loss of 53 crew from Hollyhock, then set course for home
Air raid on Ceylon (9 April 1942)
Air_raid_on_Ceylon_(9_April_1942)
Temple complex in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Holes in this wall are built to light coconut oil lamps. The main entrance gate which lies over the moat is called Mahawahalkada. At the foot of the Mahawahalkada
Temple_of_the_Tooth
Clock Tower, Sighişoara Spasskaya Tower, Moscow Clock Gate, Kalemegdan, Belgrade Michael's Gate, Bratislava Einsiedeln Abbey Grimmenturm, Zürich Berntor
List_of_clock_towers
November 2004 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 28 February 2005 Sri Lanka Batticaloa Visited areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
List of official overseas trips made by Charles III
List_of_official_overseas_trips_made_by_Charles_III
group claimed responsibility for the attacks. US defense secretary Robert Gates, delivering remarks from Tel Aviv, claimed that Islamic State of Iraq might
List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State
List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State
Cankili II, known as the last King of the Jaffna Kingdom Arumaipperumal, Batticaloa chieftain in the 18th century who led a rebellion against the British
List_of_Tamil_people
Robert O. Blake Jr. United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Batticaloa Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 2007 26 February Adil Abdul-Mahdi
List of people who survived assassination attempts
List_of_people_who_survived_assassination_attempts
Nellai Tamil, Kumari Tamil and various Sri Lankan Tamil dialects such as Batticaloa Tamil, Jaffna Tamil and Negombo Tamil in Sri Lanka. Tamil literature is
Tamil_culture
Shipwrecks, Submerged Settlements and Seafaring Technology in Bahrain". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-07-22. "Mystery Ship". Maritime Research of Uddevalla. Archived
List_of_shipwrecks_of_Asia
Creole languages lexified by Portuguese
and Kaffir communities of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese: around Batticaloa and Trincomalee (Portuguese Burghers) and Puttalam (Kaffirs). Spoken by
Portuguese-based creole languages
Portuguese-based_creole_languages
Ethnic groups on the Indian subcontinent
exist in isolated communities along the coastal regions of Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Negombo on the island. Sri Lankans of African descent take pride
Afro-Asians_in_South_Asia
Eelam in Sri Lanka. Growth and Change". Growth and Change. 31 (2). ResearchGate: 285–304. doi:10.1111/0017-4815.00129. van der Kraan, Alfons (1999). "A Baptism
History_of_Sri_Lanka
belonged to them, which existed in Pantittivuvelippattu, near Campanturai in Batticaloa area. Ramanatar, a Brahmin, received, with pouring of water (the gift
Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka
Tamil_inscriptions_in_Sri_Lanka
Day of the year
civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa. 1993 – An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo
June_12
internal trade of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Sri Lanka". ResearchGate. Retrieved 25 July 2023. Kevany, Sophie (2021-08-28). "New Sri Lankan elephant
Tourism_in_Sri_Lanka
International airport located in Sri Lanka
handle 1 million passengers per year. It has 12 check-in counters and 2 gates equipped with jetways. In addition, the terminal has a restaurant, medical
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport
25.66% Vanni Northern 28,740 27.31% 70,367 66.86% 6,145 5.84% 40.33% Batticaloa Eastern 55,663 26.27% 146,057 68.93% 10,171 4.80% 64.83% Digamadulla Eastern
2010 Sri Lankan presidential election
2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election
1527–1658 conflict in Sri Lanka
troops, while blockading the eastern Kandian ports of Trincomalee and Batticaloa by sea, between 1604 and 1612 with considerable success. This coincided
Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts
Sinhalese–Portuguese_conflicts
1640 siege
and made contact with the Kandyans. Priority was given to capture the Batticaloa and Trincomalee forts. These forts were situated within Kandyan territory
Siege_of_Galle_(1640)
Botanical garden in Sri Lanka
at the Great lawn Flower garden Flower garden Coleus border At the main gate In front of the Orchid house Gardner monument Collection of grasses Orchid
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya
Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Peradeniya
Topics referred to by the same term
Mary (Senica) St. Mary's Church, Peniscola [es] St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa St. Mary's Cathedral, Galle St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna St. Mary's Church
St._Mary's_Church
Natural disaster in Sri Lanka
The spill gates of Deduru Oya and other tanks were also opened as a result of extreme weather conditions. Unnichchei tank in Batticaloa also reached
2018 Sri Lankan southwest monsoon floods
2018_Sri_Lankan_southwest_monsoon_floods
Period of Sri Lankan history from 1597 to 1815
Eelam in Sri Lanka. Growth and Change". Growth and Change. 31 (2). ResearchGate: 285–304. doi:10.1111/0017-4815.00129. van der Kraan, Alfons (1999). "A Baptism
Kandyan_period
December 1984 Batticaloa massacre Batticaloa, Batticaloa District 4 LTTE LTTE members kill 4 Tamil civilians and dump them outside Batticaloa for refusing
List of non-state terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka
List_of_non-state_terrorist_incidents_in_Sri_Lanka
Hospital for Children Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya Jaffna Teaching Hospital Batticaloa Teaching Hospital Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge and Solna Rosenlund
List_of_university_hospitals
Council of Ceylon, to which Henry was subsequently elected. He was appointed a Gate Mudaliyar and a Justice of the Peace by the Governor of Ceylon for his services
Henry_Kotelawala
Ancient Sangam era Tamil poem about Madurai city
palai arid area. Madurai is described as the capital city with fortified gates, broad streets, mansions and big markets. The Maduraikkanci presents the
Maturaikkāñci
The leftist parties took to agitating the working masses, with "factory gate meetings" and village level meetings in the rural areas. The two main private
1953_Ceylonese_Hartal
1594 Portuguese military campaign against the Kingdom of Kandy
accompanied by Kandyan princes and chieftains, welcomed her at the city gates and escorted her into the Palace. Gold and silver coins were scattered in
Campaign_of_Danture
Sri Lankan politician and lawyer
Ceylon Buddhist Congress Auditorium He married Edith Weerasooria, daughter of Gate Mudliyar James Charles Weerasooria, Mudliyar of the Kandy Kachcheri and the
C._W._W._Kannangara
Ceylon lawyer and politician
Coomaraswamy on Sea Street, Colombo in south western Ceylon. He was the son of Gate Mudaliyar A. Ponnambalam, a leading government functionary, and Sellachi
Ponnambalam_Ramanathan
Term for a manor house in Sri Lanka
(Belonged to the Tillekeratne Abeyesekere family. Notable occupants were Gate Mudaliyars Don Johannes Tillekeratne Abeyesekere and his son John Abraham
Walauwa
in Balochistan 21 April Suicide bombings 259 500+ Colombo, Negombo & Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings Explosions at three churches
List of terrorist incidents in 2019
List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_2019
Sri Lankan politician (1968–2025)
Ratwatte, who was allegedly intoxicated, attempted to gain entry despite the gates being locked by police at 10 p.m. as per routine practice. He was said to
Lohan_Ratwatte
and Host Range of Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka". repository.kln.ac.lk. Retrieved 1 November 2017
List of hemipterans of Sri Lanka
List_of_hemipterans_of_Sri_Lanka
Ceylonese lawyer and politician
Honours. Wikramanayake married Cecilia née de Saram, daughter of the acting Gate Mudaliyar of Galle, Peter de Saram, with whom he had four children. "Hon
V._S._de_S._Wikramanayake
Date Event 1602 30 May Dutch naval officer Joris van Spilbergen lands in Batticaloa with three ships after a 12-month voyage seeking to establish trade between
Timeline of Sri Lankan history
Timeline_of_Sri_Lankan_history
Sri Lankan politician (born 1953)
International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities: 10 – via ResearchGate. Ahmad, Zarin (April 2012). "Contours of Muslim nationalism in Sri Lanka"
Ferial_Ashraff
334. Retrieved 24 August 2020. “Sons of the Soil and Strangers within the gates”, Joe Simpson (rootsweb) Retrieved 4 November 2015 "1937 Ferguson's Ceylon
C._H._Z._Fernando
civil war. In 2008, elections were held for 9 local authorities in the Batticaloa District, and in 2009, elections were held for 2 local authorities in
2011 Sri Lankan local elections
2011_Sri_Lankan_local_elections
BATTICALOA GATE
BATTICALOA GATE
Surname or Lastname
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland)
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland) : topographic name from Middle English lidyate ‘gate in a fence between plowed land and meadow’ (Old English hlid-geat ‘swing-gate’), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, as for example Lidgate in Suffolk or Lydiate in Lancashire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name probably from Ludgate in London, so named from Old English ludgeat ‘back gate’, ‘postern’, or possibly from Ludgate in Kent or Lidgate in Suffolk, both named from Old English hlidgeat ‘swing gate’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from Hacking in Lancashire, the name of which is of uncertain origin. Early forms appear with the definite article, and the name may represent an Old English term for a fish weir, a derivative of hæcc ‘hatch’, ‘low gate’, or haca ‘hook’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Hampshire and Berkshire)
English (mainly Hampshire and Berkshire) : topographic name from Middle English hacche ‘gate’, Old English hæcc (see Hatcher). In some cases the surname is habitational, from one of the many places named with this word. This name has been in Ireland since the 17th century, associated with County Meath and the nearby part of Louth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gatliff.Variant spelling of English Gateley or Irish Gately.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a habitational name from Lipyeate in Somerset or Lypiatt in Gloucestershire, both named from Old English hlīepgeat ‘leap-gate’, a gate which was low enough to be jumped by horses and deer but presented an obstacle to sheep and cattle.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from Gatesgill in Cumbria, so named from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + skáli ‘shelter’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places so called, as for example Litton Cheney in Dorset (named from Old English hl̄de ‘torrent’ (from hlūd ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’), or Litton in Somerset (from Old English hlid ‘slope’ or ‘gate’ + tūn), Derbyshire and North Yorkshire (both probably from Old English hlīð ‘slope’ + tūn).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Merriott in Somerset, named in Old English as ‘boundary gate’ or ‘mare gate’, from (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’ or miere ‘mare’ + geat ‘gate’.English : variant (as a result of hypercorrection) of Marriott, or of Marryat, which is from a Middle English personal name, Meryet, Old English Mǣrgēat, composed of the element mǣr ‘boundary’ + the tribal name Gēat (see Joslin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Gatley in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), recorded in 1290 as Gateclyve, from Old English gÄt ‘goat’ + clif ‘cliff’, ‘bank’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : reduced form of McGath.English : variant of Garth.North German (Gäth) : variant of Gäde (see Gaede).North German : topographic name from Middle Low German gate ‘street’, ‘alley’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gaiter.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Lobley Gate in West Yorkshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Keighley.Irish : also found in Ireland as an equivalent of Gately.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Norfolk, so named from Old English gÄt ‘goat’ + lÄ“ah ‘woodland clearing’.Possibly a variant spelling of the Irish surname Gately or English Gatley.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly London and Surrey)
English (mainly London and Surrey) : possibly a topographic name from Middle English hegh, hie ‘high’ + yate ‘gate’.Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Chait.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Gatward, an occupational name for a gate keeper or goatherd, from Old English geat ‘gate’ or gÄt ‘goat’ + weard ‘ward’, ‘keeper’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town. The Middle English singular gate is from the Old English plural, gatu, of geat ‘gate’ (see Yates). Since medieval gates were normally arranged in pairs, fastened in the center, the Old English plural came to function as a singular, and a new Middle English plural ending in -s was formed. In some cases the name may refer specifically to the Sussex place Eastergate (i.e. ‘eastern gate’), known also as Gates in the 13th and 14th centuries, when surnames were being acquired.Americanized spelling of German Götz (see Goetz).Translated form of French Barrière (see Barriere).In New England, Gates was the preferred English version of the name of an extensive French family, called Barrière dit Langevin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest), northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcc), or a habitational name from Great Heck in North Yorkshire, which is named with this word. Compare Hatch.German : topographic name from Middle High German hecke, hegge ‘hedge’. This name is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland.Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Hec(q), a topographic name from Old French hec ‘gate’, ‘barrier’, ‘fence’ (compare 1), or a habitational name from a place named with this word.Shortened form of the Dutch surname van (den) Hecke, a habitational name from any of several places called ten Hekke in the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name of uncertain origin. There are places called Gate Wood End, South Yorkshire, Gatewood Hill, Hampshire, and Gatewood House Farm, Leicestershire. The first is named from an Old Norse geyt ‘rushing stream or spring’; the second is from Old English gÄt ‘goat’; the etymology of the Leicestershire place name is not known.The Gatewood family has been established in Essex Co., VA, and Spotsylvania since the 17th century.
BATTICALOA GATE
BATTICALOA GATE
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Brave and Knowledgeable
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, English, Teutonic
From Thor's Meadow; Thorn Wood; Clearing
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lovely Prince
Girl/Female
English American Hebrew
Derived from Mary, meaning bitter. Mary was the biblical mother of Christ.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly northeastern)
English (mainly northeastern) : habitational name from places so called in County Durham and Northumberland. The former is named with an unattested Old English scēot ‘steep slope’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, the latter with Old English scota, genitive plural of scot ‘Scot’ + dūn ‘hill’. The surname may also have been a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure on a slope.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Lieutenant general
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Collier.
Boy/Male
British, English
Park Keeper
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a promontory or elevation, from Old English bil(e), literally denoting the bill or beak of a bird, but also used in a transferred sense.
Boy/Male
Tamil
BATTICALOA GATE
BATTICALOA GATE
BATTICALOA GATE
BATTICALOA GATE
BATTICALOA GATE
n.
A house connected or associated with a gate.
a.
Having gates.
v. t.
To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.
n.
A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
adv.
In the manner of a gate.
n.
A gate where toll is taken.
a.
Having no gate.
n.
A gate keeper; a gate tender.
v. t.
To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under.
n.
The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
n.
A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
v. t.
To supply with a gate.
n.
A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
v. t.
To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.
n.
A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
n.
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
n.
In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
v. i.
To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
v. t.
To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.