Meanings
nounBelgian Gate (plural Belgian Gates)
plural Belgian Gates
- historicalgovernmentA heavy steel fence, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile antitank obstacle during World War II.
Omaha Beach was shielded by about 3,700 obstacles, including 450 ramps, 2,000 stakes, 1,050 Czech hedgehogs, and 200 Belgian Gates. These followed a standard pattern.
2013, Steven Zaloga, The Devil's Garden: Rommel's Desperate Defense of Omaha Beach on D-Day, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 123Synonyms: cointet-element
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA heavy steel fence, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile antitank obstacle during World War II.
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cointet-element
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Belgian Gate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belgian%20Gate
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“Belgian Gate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belgian%20Gate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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