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noun

Gatepost n.

A post to which a gate is hung; called also swinging post or hinging post.

A post against which a gate closes; called also shutting post.

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Etymology of 'Gatepost'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gatepost" Quotes from Famous Books

... but the sergeant, in a benign and fatherly manner, smiled approvingly. Seating himself on the grass outside the fence, he leaned his back against the gatepost, apparently ...

— Once Upon A Time • Richard Harding Davis

... to that given by Mark. He had been down to the lane where the man pursued had mounted. The reins of the horse had apparently been thrown over a gatepost, and he thought it had been standing there for some little time, for there were marks where it had scraped the ground repeatedly. He had followed the marks of its hoofs for some distance; it had gone at a gallop for about half a mile, and then the pace ...

— Colonel Thorndyke's Secret • G. A. Henty

Words linked to "Gatepost" : post, shutting post, hinging post