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单词 lych gate
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lych gate


lych-gate

or lych gate also lich gate L0302500 (lĭch′gāt′)n. A roofed gateway to a churchyard used originally as a resting place for a bier before burial.
[Middle English lycheyate : lyche, corpse, body (from Old English līc; see līk- in Indo-European roots) + gate, yate, gate; see gate1.]

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n (Architecture) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier[C15: lich, from Old English līc corpse]

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n. a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down at the beginning of a burial service. [1475–85]

lych gate

A covered wooden gate at the entrance to a churchyard.
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