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▪ I. gated, ppl. a.1|ˈgeɪtɪd|
[f. gate n.1 + -ed2.]
a. Furnished with a gate or with gates.
b. (see gate v.1 2).
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §191 (1810) 200 There you may behold a..pond, strong walled and gated. 1876Browning Shop 27 Some suburb palace, parked about And gated grandly. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 201 Broken at intervals by gated sluiceways.
▸ orig. N. Amer. Of a residential district: allowing access only through a secured gate and often protected by other security measures. Esp. in gated community.
1979N.Y. Times 26 Jan. A1/5 The deal includes most of the undeveloped portions of Pebble Beach and the Del Monte Forest, a gated community of expensive homes, 5,200 acres of verdant pine, oak, and cypress trees, [etc.]. 1992Leisureways Toronto Update Oct. 34/1 It is, in reality, a gated town clustered on the western shore of Lake Chautauqua. 2001D. Lehane Mystic River 299 Sean's parents lived in Wingate Estates, a gated community of two-bedroom stucco town houses thirty miles south of the city. 2002Times 12 Sept. (Business section) 30/2 Many of the buildings are Victorian and are listed, making them ideal for conversion into lucrative gated residential developments.
▪ II. gated, ppl. a.2
see after gate v.4 |