lock-gate

1. 1.

   a gate that can be locked

   Broadergate

Questions about lock-gate

What does lock-gate mean?

lock-gate means "a gate that can be locked".

How many syllables are in lock-gate?

lock-gate has 2 syllables: lock--gate. The stress falls on "lock-".

Is lock-gate a common word?

lock-gate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.