court-gaten.
The gate of a court or courtyard; the gate of the king's court.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > other types of gate
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leap-gate980
clicket gate?1499
court-gate1540
bar-gate1600
out-gate1648
hatch door1689
six-bar1711
heave-gate1736
farm gate1785
barrier-gate1834
Taranaki gate1937
1540 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 211 Item, the allowance of board-wages to be given to..every of them being lodgd without the Court gate.
1554 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars 87 Most traytorys shott at the corte gattes.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iii. 18 The new Proclamation, That's clapt vpon the Court Gate . View more context for this quotation
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 165 A Proclamation to proclaim King Charles, which was forthwith published at the Court-Gate at Theobalds.
1676 T. Overbury True Acct. Exam. Joan Perry 3 He did [go] to Mr. Harrison's Court gate.
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