gate

The Sailor's Word-Book

I.


The old name for landing-places, as Dowgate and Billingsgate; also in cliffs, as Kingsgate, Margate, and Ramsgate; those in Greece and in Italy are called scala. Also, a flood, sluice, or water gate.

II.

, or sea-gate.

When two ships are thrown on board one another by a wave, they are said to be in a sea-gate.

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