gatepost

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noun

a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.

OriginEnglish post ← Middle English post ← Old French post →
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Meanings

noungatepost (plural gateposts)

plural gateposts

  1. a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.

    A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.]

    1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, page 9

Origin

  1. Englishgate
  2. Latinpostis
  3. Old Englishpost
  4. Latinpostis
  5. Old Frenchpost
  6. Middle Englishpost
  7. Englishpost
  8. Englishgatepost

From gate + post.

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Translations

Dutch hekpijler
  • hekpijlervertical post from which a gate is hung
Finnish pieli
  • pielivertical post from which a gate is hung
German Torpfosten
  • Torpfostenvertical post from which a gate is hung
Irish garma geata, cuaille geata
  • garma geatavertical post from which a gate is hung
  • cuaille geatavertical post from which a gate is hung
Russian верея́
  • верея́ (verejá)vertical post from which a gate is hung
Swedish grindstolpe
  • grindstolpevertical post from which a gate is hung

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Postgate
Cite this entry
APA

gatepost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatepost

MLA

“gatepost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatepost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatepost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatepost.

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