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litch-gate

litch-gate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Meaning of lych-gate

Noun

lych-gate (plural lych-gates)

  1. A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
    • If you take the turn to the left, after you pass the lyke-gate at Combehurst Church, …1851, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, The Moorland Cottage, HTML edition, Project Gutenburg, published 2004

Questions about litch-gate

What is litch-gate the alternative spelling of?
Litch-gate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near litch-gate in the dictionary

  1. litch
  2. litch field
  3. litch gate
  4. litch way
  5. litch-field
  6. litch-gate
  7. litch-way
  8. litchee
  9. litchees
  10. litcherally
  11. litches

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