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lytchgate

lytchgate 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 lytchgate

What is lytchgate the alternative spelling of?
Lytchgate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near lytchgate in the dictionary

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

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