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Gatehouse

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
  2. 2
    a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence wordnet
  3. 3
    A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall historical
  4. 4
    A shelter for a gatekeeper.

Etymology

From gate + house.

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