Definition of "lichgate" []

• Alternative spelling of lych-gate. (noun)

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• "Hastily she brushed away the gathering tears as the carriage stopped abruptly with a jingle of harness at the lichgate."
• "Mrs. Mowbray and all her works -- there were six of the latter, ranging from a lanky girl of twelve to a fat baby still in the perambulator stage -- made her way out of the churchyard and stood waiting by the beautiful old lichgate, which, equally with the thirteenth century window, was a source of pride and satisfaction to the good folk of"
• "Hidden from his sight by an intervening yew tree, she watched him coming down the church path, conscious of a somewhat pleasurable sense of anticipation, and when he had passed under the lichgate and, turning to the left, came face to face with her, she bowed and smiled, holding out her hand."