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A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word is derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*gatan'', meaning an opening or passageway. Synonyms include yett (which comes from the same root word) and portal (architecture), portal. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a Barricade, 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 "Door, doors", as they are fixed at one side whilst opening and closing like one.
A gate may have a latch (hardware), latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging. Gate operation can be either Electric gate, 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.
* 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 (architecture), Mon ''Japanese:'' gate. The religious torii compares to the Chinese Paifang, 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 (architecture), Watergate of a castle by navigable water
* Slalom skiing gates
* Wicket gate
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 Balinese temple, 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 (company), 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 Lists of national symbols, 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 Namantar Andolan#Namvistar Din, Namvistar Din celebrations reflects Ajanta Caves, 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 Province, 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 architecture, French-manner gate of the embassy of Thailand in Paris
File:Embassy of South Korea in Moscow, gates.jpg, Adapted-Korean architecture, 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.
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word is derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*gatan'', meaning an opening or passageway. Synonyms include yett (which comes from the same root word) and portal (architecture), portal. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a Barricade, 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 "Door, doors", as they are fixed at one side whilst opening and closing like one.
A gate may have a latch (hardware), latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging. Gate operation can be either Electric gate, 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
* 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 (architecture), Mon ''Japanese:'' gate. The religious torii compares to the Chinese Paifang, 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 (architecture), Watergate of a castle by navigable water
* Slalom skiing gates
* Wicket gate
Image gallery
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 politicsReferences
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