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litchgate

litchgate 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 litchgate

What is litchgate the alternative spelling of?
Litchgate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near litchgate in the dictionary

  1. Litchfield Park
  2. litchfieldite
  3. litchfields
  4. Litchford
  5. Litchfords
  6. litchgate
  7. litchi
  8. litchis
  9. litchitini
  10. litchitinis
  11. litchway

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