gate
//ɡeɪt//
Noun
gatesPlural
1
A hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge.
Please close the gate behind you.
2
An exit or entrance at an airport through which passengers board or disembark from an aircraft.
Our flight departs from gate 23.
3
The number of people who pay to attend a sporting event or other public gathering.
The gate for the championship game was over 50,000.
4
A device for controlling the flow of water or other fluid through a pipe or channel.
The gate controls the water flow into the irrigation canal.
Verb
1
To confine someone, especially a student, to school grounds or dormitory as a punishment.
He was gated for breaking the dormitory rules.