gatepost

[ geyt-pohst ]

/ ˈgeɪtˌpoʊst /

the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.

Origin of gatepost

First recorded in 1515–25; gate¹ + post¹

As we neared the girl on the gatepost Dickie gave her a careless glance.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 |Various
Bar-hold: A stone cylinder or pin, let into a gatepost in such a way as to permit the gate bar to be tied to it.

Inca Land |Hiram Bingham
And then to go stealing peoples money and have to stick up a confession on a gatepost in broad daylight.

Mothwise |Knut Hamsun
And the knowledge that Fanny was fretting and fuming behind the gatepost hardly increased my skill.

Memoirs of a Midget |Walter de la Mare

Does the portly yeoman suspect that the λ on his gatepost means “no good”?

The Dover Road |Charles G. Harper

gatepost

/ (ˈɡeɪtˌpəʊst) /

between you, me, and the gatepost confidentially

logic another name for turnstile (def. 3)