gate·post
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Definition of gatepost
: the post to which a gate is hung or the one against which it closes
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This allows one-half of a slat to overlap a gatepost.
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Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, "How To Make Your Own Picket Fence," 23 Oct. 2020
Plan gatepost positions based on multiples of your slats and slat spacing, less one-half of the slat width.
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Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, "How To Make Your Own Picket Fence," 23 Oct. 2020
In addition, the team found barracks, kitchens, toilets, bathhouses, gateposts and the remains of perimeter fences.
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Fox News, "Nazi concentration camp Sylt on island of Alderney revealed by archaeologists," 1 Apr. 2020
The stone gateposts of his home were nearly sunken in vegetation.
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Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "As Innocuous as Plant No. 1," 10 Apr. 2018
There are also two crowned ceramic heads known as Mori, a style used as planters placed on gateposts.
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Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, "Cakes and confections with an Italian spirit highlight this new Miami Beach bakery | Miami Herald," 22 Mar. 2018
Its work stretches from the Old Chief Joseph gravesite, where gateposts and a cobble wall were built, all the way across the state to the trails at Ecola State Park on the coast.
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The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, "Civilian Conservation Corps trails, parks and campgrounds still abound in Oregon," 28 June 2017
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“Gatepost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gatepost. Accessed 16 May. 2021.
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The first known use of gatepost was in 1522
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