# Gate

A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include yett and port. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a barrier which closed it. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. The moving part or parts of a gateway may be considered "doors", as they are fixed at one side whilst opening and closing like one.
A gate may have a latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging. Gate operation can be either automated or manual. Locks are also used on gates to increase security.
Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town. Doors can also be considered gates when they are used to block entry as prevalent within a gatehouse.

## Purpose-specific types of gate

* Baby gate: a safety gate to protect babies and toddlers
* Badger gate: gate to allow badgers to pass through rabbit-proof fencing
* City gate of a walled city
* Hampshire gate (a.k.a. New Zealand gate, wire gate, etc.)
* Kissing gate on a footpath
* Lychgate with a roof
* Mon Japanese: gate. The religious torii compares to the Chinese pailou (paifang), Indian torana, Indonesian Paduraksa and Korean hongsalmun. Mon are widespread, in Japanese gardens.
* Portcullis of a castle
* Race gate used for checkpoints on race tracks.
* Slip gate on footpaths
* Turnstile
* Watergate of a castle by navigable water
* Slalom skiing gates
* Wicket gate

## Image gallery

* Shankharacharya,Gate,Birgunj, is main entry Point of Nepal from India
* This gate and massive gateposts has no locks—a gate marks a borderline in ownership/use and can allow passage.
* A small, elegant gate to a meadow path
* Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence
* Wringin Lawang, a 14th-century Majapahit split gate, called "Candi bentar", in Trowulan, Java, Indonesia
* Richly decorated Indonesian Balinese temple gate called Paduraksa
* This gate at Columbia University was closed to prevent entry of protesters
* The gate of Finlayson factory in Tampere, Finland
* A gate at Kansai University, built in 1923
* Malaysian King's Palace Gate, Kuala Lampur
* Medieval ironclad city gate, from the Upper Gate in the old town of Ohrid
* Chinese traditional type gate (iron gate in front of house) in Kerala, India
* Gates decorate routes in the entrance of Muscat, Oman
* Kuwait Gate, historically surrounded Kuwait City, built in 1929
* Royal Military College of Canada front gates and gatehouse
* Ernst Rudolph, By the Entrance
* A wooden gate pictured in the coat of arms of Nivala
* Decorative emblems of state are also fixed on gates to public buildings, old Royal Melbourne Mint
* Gate of Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhavnagar, India
* Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University gate on the eve of Namvistar Din celebrations reflects Ajanata art
* Michael's Gate in Bratislava, Slovakia
* St. Louis Gateway Arch
* A Chinese Paifang at Foshan, China
* Warsaw University main gate, Poland
* Gate of Farm Gunsteling in Namibia (2017)
* Thai Temple (wat) gate at Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai
* A gopuram, Hindu temple gate tower, in Sri Lanka
* A Japanese temple gate (mon) at Eiheiji
* A Moorish architecture gate in Alhambra, Granada, Spain
* A French-manner gate of the embassy of Thailand in Paris
* Adapted-Korean-manner gate of the embassy of South Korea in Moscow
* The Iron Gates of Osgoode Hall, Toronto
* Beachside gate with a self-latching device and a higher than 54” release mechanism.