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A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include '' yett and port''. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a 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 " doors", as they are fixed at one side whilst opening and closing like one.

A gate may have a latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging. Locks are also used on gates to increase the security. Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town. Actual doors can also be considered gates when they are used to block entry as prevalent within a gatehouse. Today, many gate doors are opened by an automated gate operator.

Purpose-specific types of gate

* Baby gate a safety gate to protect babies and toddlers
* City gate of a walled city
* Hampshire gate (a.k.a. New Zealand gate, wire gate, etc.)
* Kissing gate on footpath
* Lychgate with a roof
* Mon ''Japanese:'' gate. The religious torii compares to the Chinese pailou (paifang), Indian torana, Indonesian Paduraksa and Korean hongsalmun. Mon are widespread, in Japanese gardens.
* Portcullis of a castle
* Race gates a gate used checkpoints on race tracks.
* Slip gate on footpaths
* Turnstile
* Watergate of a castle by navigable water
* Slalom skiing gates
* Wicket gate

Image gallery

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 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 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:Royal_Mint_Melbourne.jpg, Decorative 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 Namvistar Din celebrations reflects 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
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

See also

* 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 politics

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Gates,
Doors
Fortification (architectural elements)
Garden features