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gatepost

gatepost
A post, usually one of a pair, between which a gate swings or slides; see hanging post.
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One way to make such a gate easier to close is to put a handle on the gatepost to give you more leverage for pulling the gate shut.
Mr Singh said: "He took it off the gateposts, took the first towel offandsaw the baby's head.
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Defending barrister David Potter said his client and the complainant scuffled and Mr Jones must have hit his head on the gatepost, gate or wall.
Beebe was competing in the Rally of the Midlands at Merevale when his MG ZR 160 suffered a blow-out, lurched into a gatepost and completed a double rollover before landing on its wheels.
A bar was placed in the ground for a gatepost. Enough space was left for the gate opening and another gatepost was added.
Mr Reeves, aged 55, of Northfield, Birmingham, died from head injuries after he was pinned between the coach and a gatepost.
A lecturer in Abergele got the fright of her life when she found a coiled snake wrapped around a gatepost at the bottom of her garden.
Richard Leppington, who backs culling the animals, said the remains were nailed to a gatepost at his house on Halloween.
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