gate
{{short description|Point of entry to a space enclosed by walls}}
{{About | the point of entry or exit||Gate (disambiguation)|and|Gateway (disambiguation)}}
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A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat"{{Cite web|title=gate {{!}} Origin and meaning of gate by Online Etymology Dictionary|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/gate|access-date=2019-04-20|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en}} meaning road or path; But other terms include yett and port. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a barrier which closed it. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. The moving part or parts of a gateway may be considered "doors", as they are fixed at one side whilst opening and closing like one.{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gate|title=GATE {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-20}}
A gate may have a latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gardenista.com/posts/hardware-101-gate-latches-style-guide/|title=Hardware 101: Gate Latches|date=2016-11-17|website=Gardenista|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-20}} Gate operation can be either automated or manual. Locks are also used on gates to increase security.
Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town. Doors can also be considered gates when they are used to block entry as prevalent within a gatehouse.
Purpose-specific types of gate
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- Baby gate: a safety gate to protect babies and toddlers
- Badger gate: gate to allow badgers to pass through rabbit-proof fencing
- City gate of a walled city
- Hampshire gate (a.k.a. New Zealand gate, wire gate, etc.)
- Kissing gate on a footpath
- Lychgate with a roof
- Mon Japanese: gate. The religious torii compares to the Chinese pailou (paifang), Indian torana, Indonesian Paduraksa and Korean hongsalmun. Mon are widespread, in Japanese gardens.
- Portcullis of a castle
- Race gate used for checkpoints on race tracks.
- Slip gate on footpaths
- Turnstile
- Watergate of a castle by navigable water
- Slalom skiing gates
- Wicket gate
Image gallery
File:Shankharacharya,Gate,Birgunj.jpg|Shankharacharya,Gate,Birgunj, is main entry Point of Nepal from India
File:Gate ajar.jpg|This gate and massive gateposts has no locks—a gate marks a borderline in ownership/use and can allow passage.
File:Garden Gate.JPG|A small, elegant gate to a meadow path
File:Pergamonmuseum Babylon Ischtar-Tor.jpg|Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence
File:Wringin Lawang, Trowulan.jpg|Wringin Lawang, a 14th-century Majapahit split gate, called "Candi bentar", in Trowulan, Java, Indonesia
File:Ubud temple entrance.jpg|Richly decorated Indonesian Balinese temple gate called Paduraksa
File:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 8 by David Shankbone.jpg|This gate at Columbia University was closed to prevent entry of protesters
File:Finlayson gate1.jpg|The gate of Finlayson factory in Tampere, Finland
File:Kansai University,1923.jpg|A gate at Kansai University, built in 1923
File:MalKingsPalaceGate.jpg|Malaysian King's Palace Gate, Kuala Lampur
File:Ohrid Upper Gate close-up.jpg|Medieval ironclad city gate, from the Upper Gate in the old town of Ohrid
File:Chinese type gate from kerala.jpg|Chinese traditional type gate (iron gate in front of house) in Kerala, India
File:MuscatRoadGate.jpg|Gates decorate routes in the entrance of Muscat, Oman
File:Kuwaitgate.jpg|Kuwait Gate, historically surrounded Kuwait City, built in 1929
File:Royal Military College of Canada front gates.jpg|Royal Military College of Canada front gates and gatehouse
File:Ernst Rudolph By the Entrance.jpg|Ernst Rudolph, By the Entrance
File:Nivala.vaakuna.svg|A wooden gate pictured in the coat of arms of Nivala
File:Royal Mint Melbourne.jpg|Decorative emblems of state are also fixed on gates to public buildings, old Royal Melbourne Mint
File:Shri Swaminarayan Mandir gate.jpg|Gate of Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhavnagar, India
File:Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University gate on the eve of Namvistar Din celebrations.png|Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University gate on the eve of Namvistar Din celebrations reflects Ajanata art
File:Michael's Gate and tower-Bratislava-Slovakia.JPG|Michael's Gate in Bratislava, Slovakia
File:St Louis Gateway Arch.jpg|St. Louis Gateway Arch
File:Shunfeng Park Paifang (night).jpg|A Chinese Paifang at Foshan, China
File:Warszawa, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26-28 20170516 001.jpg|Warsaw University main gate, Poland
File:Gate of Farm Gunsteling in Namibia (2017).jpg|Gate of Farm Gunsteling in Namibia (2017)
File:Ancient gate of Suandok temple , Chiangmai , Thailand.jpg|Thai Temple (wat) gate at Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai
File:Ariyalai Mahamari Amman Kovil (அரியாலை மகாமாரி அம்மன் கோவில்).jpg|A gopuram, Hindu temple gate tower, in Sri Lanka
File:Eiheiji35nt3200.jpg|A Japanese temple gate (mon) at Eiheiji
File:Puerta Torre de los siete suelos Alhambra Granada Spain.jpg|A Moorish architecture gate in Alhambra, Granada, Spain
File:Gate of the Thai Embassy in Paris.jpg|A French-manner gate of the embassy of Thailand in Paris
File:Embassy of South Korea in Moscow, gates.jpg|Adapted-Korean-manner gate of the embassy of South Korea in Moscow
File:Iron Gates-Osgoode Hall National Historic Site of Canada-Toronto-Ontario-HPC4258-20221201.jpg|The Iron Gates of Osgoode Hall, Toronto
File: Waterson k51p sample4-2.jpg|Beachside gate with a self-latching device and a higher than 54” release mechanism.
See also
- City Gate
- Barricade
- Boom barrier (a.k.a. boom gate)
- Border
- Gate tower
- Gopuram
- Leave the gate as you found it
- Portal (architecture)
- Portcullis
- Threshold (disambiguation)
- Triumphal arch
- List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
- Watergate, as used in politics
References
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External links
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