gatepost

a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.

Noun

  1. a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
    • A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.] - 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, page 9:

Origin

Etymology tree English gate Latin postisbor. Old English post Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post English gatepost From gate + post.

Forms

gateposts