Gatepost

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An upright post on which a gate is hung or against which it closes.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging post or hinging post.
  • n. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the side-posts that support a gate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. either of two posts that bound a gate
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    post   
    Variant
    swinging post    hinging post    shutting post   
    Hyponym
    hinging post    shutting post    swinging post   
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