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gate·post  (gtpst)
n.
An upright post on which a gate is hung or against which it closes.
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Noun1.gatepostgatepost - either of two posts that bound a gate
hinging post, swinging post - the gatepost on which the gate is hung
post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
shutting post - the gatepost against which the gate closes


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They went around to the rear of the building, where they saw a horse, attached to a light wagon, hitched to a gatepost near the door of the dissecting-room.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
A bald, well-preserved old man, with a broad, red beard, gray on his cheeks, opened the gate, squeezing against the gatepost to let the three horses pass.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She took off the thick boots in which she had walked thus far, put on her pretty thin ones of patent leather, and, stuffing the former into the hedge by the gatepost where she might readily find them again, descended the hill; the freshness of colour she had derived from the keen air thinning away in spite of her as she drew near the parsonage.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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