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Definition of gatehouse in English: gatehousenoun ˈɡeɪthaʊsˈɡeɪtˌhaʊs 1A house standing by a gateway, especially on a country estate. （尤指乡村庄园门口的）门房 Example sentencesExamples - At his death both the house and the gatehouse were bought for the Abbey.
- The gatehouses were toppled, the walls in ruins.
- Outside the gatehouse, hundreds of supporters, most of them local residents, gathered for a look.
- The two gatehouses next to the entrance had been demolished.
- The lower floor also connects the house to a gatehouse through a small courtyard.
- He reported, ‘Sir, we have news from the gatehouses.’
- Its most outstanding feature is the Turret House, built as a gatehouse and hunting tower and constructed in the French style, possibly due to Mary's influence.
- A house of Augustinian canons was founded here in 1139, and although mostly only foundations survive it has one of the most elaborate surviving gatehouses of any monastic house.
- The two-bedroom gatehouses are priced at £125,000 with the three-bedroom house priced at £135,000.
- This theme also characterizes bridges, signage, fences, and gatehouses.
- Walking home, I pass the gothic ruin of a Georgian gatehouse with several chimneys and boarded up windows.
- The house was built as one of the gatehouses to the estate.
- The carriage rattled gently past the gatehouse, its wheels grating on the rocky path into the courtyard.
- The ornamented gatehouse, garden, and royal tennis court further enhanced this favourite seat of the Scottish monarchs.
- The Eastern gatehouse at the farm will be refurbished as separate accommodation for a family member.
- We saw him at the gatehouse, putting things in a bag and taking them out again, still talking to himself; waiting, perhaps, for divine intervention.
- The gunports in the south and east walls of the structure adjoining the later gatehouse suggest a late fifteen century date.
- The first of these gatehouses is joined on either side by a roofed gallery that encircles the larger complex.
- They dashed through the gates as the guard ducked back into the gatehouse for shelter, peering through the grayness.
- Since it's evening now, I bet by the time we get to the drawbridges at the gatehouses, they'll be raised for the day.
2historical A room over a city or palace gate, often used as a prison. 〈史〉（常用作监狱的）城楼 Example sentencesExamples - It is written that the dead Queen's ring was dropped from the gatehouse of Richmond Palace by a lady in waiting to her brother Sir Robert Carey.
Definition of gatehouse in US English: gatehousenounˈɡātˌhousˈɡeɪtˌhaʊs A house or enclosure near a gateway. Example sentencesExamples - The Eastern gatehouse at the farm will be refurbished as separate accommodation for a family member.
- The house was built as one of the gatehouses to the estate.
- This theme also characterizes bridges, signage, fences, and gatehouses.
- The first of these gatehouses is joined on either side by a roofed gallery that encircles the larger complex.
- Walking home, I pass the gothic ruin of a Georgian gatehouse with several chimneys and boarded up windows.
- The carriage rattled gently past the gatehouse, its wheels grating on the rocky path into the courtyard.
- He reported, ‘Sir, we have news from the gatehouses.’
- At his death both the house and the gatehouse were bought for the Abbey.
- The two gatehouses next to the entrance had been demolished.
- The ornamented gatehouse, garden, and royal tennis court further enhanced this favourite seat of the Scottish monarchs.
- The two-bedroom gatehouses are priced at £125,000 with the three-bedroom house priced at £135,000.
- The lower floor also connects the house to a gatehouse through a small courtyard.
- The gatehouses were toppled, the walls in ruins.
- Since it's evening now, I bet by the time we get to the drawbridges at the gatehouses, they'll be raised for the day.
- We saw him at the gatehouse, putting things in a bag and taking them out again, still talking to himself; waiting, perhaps, for divine intervention.
- Its most outstanding feature is the Turret House, built as a gatehouse and hunting tower and constructed in the French style, possibly due to Mary's influence.
- Outside the gatehouse, hundreds of supporters, most of them local residents, gathered for a look.
- They dashed through the gates as the guard ducked back into the gatehouse for shelter, peering through the grayness.
- The gunports in the south and east walls of the structure adjoining the later gatehouse suggest a late fifteen century date.
- A house of Augustinian canons was founded here in 1139, and although mostly only foundations survive it has one of the most elaborate surviving gatehouses of any monastic house.
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