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gatewise

gatewise adverb: arranged to resemble a gate.

Adverb

gatewise (not comparable)

  1. Arranged to resemble a gate.
    • [...] they are ioyned by two and two together, and every couple sustaineth a third stone lying overthwart, gatewise, which is fastened by the meanes of tenons that enter into mortaises of those stones not closed with any cement.1876, William Long, Esq., Stonehenge and its Barrows. From the Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Magazine, etc. [With maps and wood-engravings.], →OCLC, page 25

Origin of gatewise

From gate + -wise.

Questions about gatewise

What does gatewise mean?
Gatewise means arranged to resemble a gate.
What part of speech is gatewise?
Gatewise is an adverb.

Words near gatewise in the dictionary

  1. gatewaying
  2. gatewayman
  3. gatewaymen
  4. gateways
  5. Gatewen
  6. gatewise
  7. gatewoman
  8. gatewomen
  9. Gatewood
  10. Gatewoods
  11. Gath

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