Foregate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foregate is a noun meaning A main entrance or front gate.
Meaning
A main entrance or front gate.
Example Sentences
In front of the long passage of approach was probably a foregate.
The Lower town which joins to this, is fortified with a Wall and Castle, and a fore-gate at the entrance.
All the gates of Tallinn were well fortified in the Middle Ages, comprising one or more foregates and the main gate.
A 'foregate' closed this part of the premises off from the lower yard where there was a 'fyer house' and coalyard, a garden and 'other building'.
Word Forms
- foregates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forepassage, foregaze, forecourt, foreguard, forestage, forebuilding.
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