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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"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A gate may have a latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 gateEdit
- 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 galleryEdit
- Gate ajar.jpg
This gate and massive gateposts has no locks—a gate marks a borderline in ownership/use and can allow passage.
- Garden Gate.JPG
A small, elegant gate to a meadow path
- Pergamonmuseum Babylon Ischtar-Tor.jpg
Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence
- Wringin Lawang, Trowulan.jpg
Wringin Lawang, a 14th-century Majapahit split gate, called "Candi bentar", in Trowulan, Java, Indonesia
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 8 by David Shankbone.jpg
This gate at Columbia University was closed to prevent entry of protesters
- Finlayson gate1.jpg
The gate of Finlayson factory in Tampere, Finland
- Kansai University,1923.jpg
A gate at Kansai University, built in 1923
- MalKingsPalaceGate.jpg
Malaysian King's Palace Gate, Kuala Lampur
- Ohrid Upper Gate close-up.jpg
Medieval ironclad city gate, from the Upper Gate in the old town of Ohrid
- Chinese type gate from kerala.jpg
Chinese traditional type gate (iron gate in front of house) in Kerala, India
- MuscatRoadGate.jpg
Gates decorate routes in the entrance of Muscat, Oman
- Kuwaitgate.jpg
Kuwait Gate, historically surrounded Kuwait City, built in 1929
- Royal Military College of Canada front gates.jpg
Royal Military College of Canada front gates and gatehouse
- Ernst Rudolph By the Entrance.jpg
Ernst Rudolph, By the Entrance
- Nivala.vaakuna.svg
A wooden gate pictured in the coat of arms of Nivala
- Royal Mint Melbourne.jpg
Decorative emblems of state are also fixed on gates to public buildings, old Royal Melbourne Mint
- Shri Swaminarayan Mandir gate.jpg
Gate of Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhavnagar, India
- 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
- Michael's Gate and tower-Bratislava-Slovakia.JPG
Michael's Gate in Bratislava, Slovakia
- St Louis Gateway Arch.jpg
St. Louis Gateway Arch
- Warszawa, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26-28 20170516 001.jpg
Warsaw University main gate, Poland
- Gate of Farm Gunsteling in Namibia (2017).jpg
Gate of Farm Gunsteling in Namibia (2017)
- Ancient gate of Suandok temple , Chiangmai , Thailand.jpg
Thai Temple (wat) gate at Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai
- Ariyalai Mahamari Amman Kovil (அரியாலை மகாமாரி அம்மன் கோவில்).jpg
A gopuram, Hindu temple gate tower, in Sri Lanka
- Eiheiji35nt3200.jpg
A Japanese temple gate (mon) at Eiheiji
- Puerta Torre de los siete suelos Alhambra Granada Spain.jpg
A Moorish architecture gate in Alhambra, Granada, Spain
- Iron Gates-Osgoode Hall National Historic Site of Canada-Toronto-Ontario-HPC4258-20221201.jpg
The Iron Gates of Osgoode Hall, Toronto
- Waterson k51p sample4-2.jpg
Beachside gate with a self-latching device and a higher than 54” release mechanism.
See alsoEdit
- 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