foregate

foregate noun: a main entrance or front gate.

Noun

foregate (plural foregates)

A main entrance or front gate.
- The Lower town which joins to this, is fortified with a Wall and Castle, and a fore-gate at the entrance.1722, William Camden, Britannia: Or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2
- … and, where the nature of the thing admitteth access, there is first a foregate and a wall furnished with turrets, which enclose four or five acres, …1898, Cheshire Notes and Queries - Volumes 3-4

This foregate was some fifteen feet in front of the gate itself.1926, Bibliotheca Sacra, volume 83:
In front of the long passage of approach was probably a foregate.1956, William Richard Lethaby, Architecture, Nature & Magic:
A 'foregate' closed this part of the premises off from the lower yard where there was a 'fyer house' and coalyard, a garden and 'other building'.1971, Vanessa Parker, The making of Kings Lynn:
Eguipped with two stern ramps and a foregate with internal driving ramp, the 36,400 grt vessel is capable of carrying 2,500 passengers plus up to 600 cars and 16 trailers on its 10 decks.1983, Finnish Trade Review, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

plural	foregates

From Middle English foregate, forgate, equivalent to fore- + gate.

What does foregate mean?: Foregate means a main entrance or front gate.
How do you use foregate in a sentence?: This foregate was some fifteen feet in front of the gate itself.
What part of speech is foregate?: Foregate is a noun.
What is the plural of foregate?: The plural of foregate is foregates.

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