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Definition of Gate tender

Gate tender
Gate Gate (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate, door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v. Cf. Gate a way, 3d Get.] 1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed. 2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit. Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak. Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles. 3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc. 4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. --Matt. xvi. 18. 5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into. 6. (Founding) (a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. [Written also geat and git.] Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock, which receives the opened gate. Gate channel. See Gate, 5. Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge. Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure. Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing. Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open. Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein. To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted. To stand in the gate, or gates, to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense.

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- twelve gates, one of which, Bab as-Sarai, is now closed to the public but was open during Ottoman rule. There are also six other sealed gates. This does...
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- Monroe" "Exit At Gate Xero" "Thunder And Lightning" "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" "Get That Psycho Out Of My Face" Records, Sub Pop. "Tender is the Savage"....
- AMc 192/APc 50 US Navy Coastal Transport 100d 9-Jun-43 YNG 37 US Navy Gate Tender 1943 Sold in 1947 ATR 35 US Navy Rescue Tug 850d 5-May-44 Disposed of...
- Vessel 1956 Donald Stevenson Tug 1956 YNG 45 Gate Tender 1960 YNG 46 Gate Tender 1960 YNG 47 Gate Tender 1960 Lady Fran Fishing Vessel 1962 Off. No. 1...
- Seaplane derricks, design class YSD-11. A Crane Ship. Fulton-class submarine tenders. Chanticleer-class Submarine rescue ship. For World War 1 Moore Shipbuilding...
- Harrison. 2012: Tender Opposites (Arbutus Records / Atelier Ciseaux) 2014: Picture You Staring (Arbutus Records) 2017: Sugar at the Gate (Arbutus Records)...