gatepostn.

Etymology: < gate n.¹ + post n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgate-post.

a. One of the posts belonging to a gate, either that upon which it hangs, or that against which it shuts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post

postela1225

gate-cheek1513

gatepost1522

shaft1522

post1662

pier1665

impost1730

clapping-post1792

hanging-post1792

heel post1802

hanging-stile1823

stay1869

shutting posta1877

1522 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) For settyng vp of a gatepost ij d.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. x. §2. 380 The Mountaines within this Tribe are few, and that of Sampson the chiefest: vnto which he carried the Gate-post of Gaza.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xxviii. 128 As grave as an old Gate-Post.

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 11 Gate-Posts of the Spanish Chestnut.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 598 Stone is the most suitable for gate-posts.

1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 257 Gate-posts..are..often made of timber recovered in this way.

b. Colloquial phrase between (or †betwixt) you (and) me and the gatepost, in strict confidence. Cf. bed-post n., post n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] > in confidence

under the rose1546

under (the) thumb1577

sub sigillo1623

sub rosa1654

between you and me and the bed-post1830

between (or betwixt) you (and) me and the gatepost1871

under one's hat1885

between you and me and the lamp-post1919

off the record1920

cagily1926

1871 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xiv. 119 Atwixt you and me and the gate-post, don't you never believe nothing that Mirandy Means says.

1875 R. Browning Inn Album ii. 39 A secret's safe 'Twixt you, me and the gate-post!

1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Where Battle was Fought 152 Between you and me and the gate-post, old Walter Percy is a fool about everything in this world except money.

1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xxxix. 265 Strictly between you and me and the gate-post, Colonel, I don't care for them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gatepost
释义	gatepostn. Etymology: < gate n.¹ + post n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgate-post. a. One of the posts belonging to a gate, either that upon which it hangs, or that against which it shuts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post postela1225 gate-cheek1513 gatepost1522 shaft1522 post1662 pier1665 impost1730 clapping-post1792 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 stay1869 shutting posta1877 1522 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) For settyng vp of a gatepost ij d. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. x. §2. 380 The Mountaines within this Tribe are few, and that of Sampson the chiefest: vnto which he carried the Gate-post of Gaza. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xxviii. 128 As grave as an old Gate-Post. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 11 Gate-Posts of the Spanish Chestnut. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 598 Stone is the most suitable for gate-posts. 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 257 Gate-posts..are..often made of timber recovered in this way. b. Colloquial phrase between (or †betwixt) you (and) me and the gatepost, in strict confidence. Cf. bed-post n., post n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] > in confidence under the rose1546 under (the) thumb1577 sub sigillo1623 sub rosa1654 between you and me and the bed-post1830 between (or betwixt) you (and) me and the gatepost1871 under one's hat1885 between you and me and the lamp-post1919 off the record1920 cagily1926 1871 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xiv. 119 Atwixt you and me and the gate-post, don't you never believe nothing that Mirandy Means says. 1875 R. Browning Inn Album ii. 39 A secret's safe 'Twixt you, me and the gate-post! 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Where Battle was Fought 152 Between you and me and the gate-post, old Walter Percy is a fool about everything in this world except money. 1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xxxix. 265 Strictly between you and me and the gate-post, Colonel, I don't care for them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1522
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