Definition of "gatepost" [gate•post]

• An upright post on which a gate is hung or against which it closes. (noun)

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• "Consider the remarkable moment in Michael Ondaatje's "The English Patient" when Katherine ends her affair with Count Almasy: "Her head sweeps away from him and hits the side of the gatepost.""
• "Just between you, me, and the gatepost, Professor, when those cheeky fellows care to put their crafty minds to it, they can also become the finest thieves and bandits in the world."
• "Henry leaned out of the carriage and read the number off a brass plaque affixed to a front gatepost."