Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The keeper of a gate.
  • Toward a gate or the gate.

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Examples

  • That was to the gateward side of the city, the side facing the next gate.

    The Seventh Gate Hickman, Tracy, 1955- 1994

  • The gateward made it known over all, and knights ran upon the wall, and spake with Gorlois, and knew him full surely.

    Roman de Brut. English Layamon

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