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gatehouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From gate + house.

Meanings

1. A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
2. (historical) A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
3. A shelter for a gatekeeper.
4. An airport terminal structure or section containing a boarding gate; a departure lounge.
   • To meet the challenge of changing aircraft sizes, each of the 12 gatehouses was engineered as an independent unit which connects to the concourse building using expansion joints allowing them to be reconfigured as needed. 2020, “Los Angeles International Airport Midfield Expansion”, in Walter P Moore:

Forms

Deriveds

Gatehouse of Fleet

Translations (27)

fr logis-porche (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · fr conciergerie (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · sv grindstuga (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · da portbygning (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · pl dom bramny (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · ca cos de guàrdia (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · es portería (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · es conserjería (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · hu portásfülke (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · it gabbiotto (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · pl portiernia (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · it guardiola (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · ru сторо́жка (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · da portnerloge (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · es cuerpo de guardia (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · es casa del guarda (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · fr porterie (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · ca porta fortificada (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · ru то́рхаус (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · da portnerkontor (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · el θυρωρείο (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · izh vahtihoone (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · it portineria (lodge besides the entrance to an estate) · pt casa de guarda (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · de Torhaus (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · it corpo di guardia (fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall) · eu atezaindegi (lodge besides the entrance to an estate)