lych-gate

plural lych-gates · alternative lychgate · alternative lych gate · alternative lichgate · alternative lich-gate · alternative lich gate · alternative litchgate · alternative litch-gate · alternative litch gate · alternative lytchgate · alternative lytch-gate · alternative lytch gate · alternative lykegate · alternative lyke-gate · alternative lyke gate

1. A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.

   If you take the turn to the left, after you pass the lyke-gate at Combehurst Church, …

   1851, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, The Moorland Cottage, HTML edition, Project Gutenburg, published 2004

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   Church Hill climbs steeply to All Saints, with its lych-gate at the entrance to the churchyard.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68

   Synonyms: resurrection gate