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lytch-gate

lytch-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 lytch-gate

What is lytch-gate the alternative spelling of?
Lytch-gate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near lytch-gate in the dictionary

  1. lytch
  2. lytch field
  3. lytch gate
  4. lytch way
  5. lytch-field
  6. lytch-gate
  7. lytch-way
  8. lytches
  9. lytchfield
  10. lytchgate
  11. lytchway

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