Crossword clues for lychgate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lychgate
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As they waited, Maltravers silently took the torch from Sally Baker's hand, then they stiffened as the lychgate creaked.
▪ There are two gates to the church, a lychgate from the main road side, the other on Town Street.
Wiktionary
lychgate
n. (alternative spelling of lych-gate English)
WordNet
lychgate
n. a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals [syn: lichgate]
Wikipedia
Lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples exist also outside the British Isles in places such as Sweden.
Usage examples of "lychgate".
Rosemund had reached the donkey, which had found a tuft of foxtail grass sticking out of the snow next to the lychgate.