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gatehouses

gatehouses is the plural of gatehouse.

Meaning of gatehouse

Noun

gatehouse (plural gatehouses)

  1. A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
  2. (historical) A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
  3. A shelter for a gatekeeper.
  4. An airport terminal structure or section containing a boarding gate; a departure lounge.
    • To meet the challenge of changing aircraft sizes, each of the 12 gatehouses was engineered as an independent unit which connects to the concourse building using expansion joints allowing them to be reconfigured as needed.2020, “Los Angeles International Airport Midfield Expansion”, in Walter P Moore

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Questions about gatehouses

What is gatehouses the plural of?
Gatehouses is the plural of gatehouse.

Words near gatehouses in the dictionary

  1. Gategate
  2. Gatehead
  3. gatehouse
  4. Gatehouse of Fleet
  5. gatehouseite
  6. gatehouses
  7. gatekeep
  8. gatekeeped
  9. gatekeeper
  10. gatekeeperism
  11. gatekeepers

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