gatepost

noun

Etymology

From gate + post.

  1. derived from postis
  2. derived from post
  3. derived from post
  4. inherited from post
  5. formed as gatepost — “gate + post

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA