Definition of gatepost
: the post to which a gate is hung or the one against which it closes
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There are also two crowned ceramic heads known as Mori, a style used as planters placed on gateposts.
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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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1522
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