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Starting gate

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Noun
  1. 1
    A machine used to ensure a fair start in horse or dog racing by opening doors to allow all the racing animals out at the same time.

    "Mobile starting-gates and horse-boxes stand parked along the kerbs, and behind every large house, it seems, is a red brick stableyard, gleaming with fresh black-and-white paint and polished steel."

  2. 2
    a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course wordnet
  3. 3
    The beginning. figuratively

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