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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

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