Taranaki gate
noun NZ
A simple gate made of wires attached to upright battens: the children hopped off their horses to open the Taranaki gates...
- A chance remark that something be done to thwart the bovine mascot prompted a few council employees to build a Taranaki gate, which was covered with notices.
- At the last Taranaki gate, I filled a gumboot with water, mud, and cow dung.
- This Taranaki gate is being used as part of a modern fence.
Origin
1930s: named after the New Zealand province of Taranaki.