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lych-gates

lych-gates is the plural 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 lych-gates

What is lych-gates the plural of?
Lych-gates is the plural of lych-gate.

Words near lych-gates in the dictionary

  1. lych field
  2. lych gate
  3. lych way
  4. lych-field
  5. lych-gate
  6. lych-gates
  7. lych-house
  8. lych-houses
  9. lych-way
  10. lychee
  11. lychees

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