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Gatehouse

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Noun

1. gatehouse

a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gatehouse

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noun

1.

a building above or beside an entrance gate to a city, university, etc, often housing a porter or guard, or (formerly) used as a fortification

2.

a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion

3.

a structure that houses the controls operating lock gates or dam sluices

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Gatehouse

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noun

a house beside or over a gateway, used as a porter's lodge, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gatehouse

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n.

1. A lodge at the entrance to the driveway of an estate.

2. A fortified structure built over the gateway to a city or castle.

3. A building that houses the controls of a dam or canal lock.

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