Foregate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A main entrance or front gate.

    "The Lower town which joins to this, is fortified with a Wall and Castle, and a fore-gate at the entrance."

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"The Lower town which joins to this, is fortified with a Wall and Castle, and a fore-gate at the entrance."

Etymology

From Middle English foregate, forgate, equivalent to fore- + gate.

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