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Definition of Gatepost
1. Noun. Either of two posts that bound a gate.
Definition of Gatepost
1. n. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging or hinging post.
Definition of Gatepost
1. Noun. a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gatepost
1. a post from which a gate is hung [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gatepost
Literary usage of Gatepost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"... which is the gatepost of the pen!/ О buffalo which came to the buffalo Po'lof,
... gatepost ..."
2. Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer Under by McHenry Howard (1914)
"... Gibson's house to report that an enterprising fellow had stolen forward in
the night and intrenched himself behind a heavy gatepost in such a position ..."
3. Stories of Indiana by Maurice Thompson (1898)
"At the first look he saw what he thought was a strange, huge, nondescript animal,
perched on the top of the gatepost, while the dogs were jumping upward, ..."
4. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1897)
"71 Sabinal, 11} miles northeast of; spike in south side of west gatepost in
Reinhart's south-fence line 1154. 78 Sabinal, 13 miles northeast of; ..."
5. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1908)
"One day while in the door-yard I saw something like a flash dart down a gatepost
and enter a knot-hole on the side. Investigation revealed the devastator of ..."
6. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"... which is the gatepost of the pen!/ О buffalo which came to the buffalo Po'lof,
... gatepost ..."
7. Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer Under by McHenry Howard (1914)
"... Gibson's house to report that an enterprising fellow had stolen forward in
the night and intrenched himself behind a heavy gatepost in such a position ..."
8. Stories of Indiana by Maurice Thompson (1898)
"At the first look he saw what he thought was a strange, huge, nondescript animal,
perched on the top of the gatepost, while the dogs were jumping upward, ..."
9. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1897)
"71 Sabinal, 11} miles northeast of; spike in south side of west gatepost in
Reinhart's south-fence line 1154. 78 Sabinal, 13 miles northeast of; ..."
10. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1908)
"One day while in the door-yard I saw something like a flash dart down a gatepost
and enter a knot-hole on the side. Investigation revealed the devastator of ..."
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