starting gate

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noun

any of various types of movable barriers for lining up and giving an equal start to the entries in a horse or dog race.

Origin of starting gate

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby starting gate

starters, start from scratch, star thistle, start in, starting block, starting gate, starting grid, starting handle, starting price, starting rate, starting stalls

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Example sentences from the Web for starting gate

In short, I feel put on the spot, and come up lame right out of the starting-gate.
Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard|Ted Gioia|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, amid a murmur of excitement, the starting-gate went up, and the horses were off.
Adrien Leroy|Charles Garvice
So, perfectly calm and very much bored, he danced to the starting-gate on the chestnut filly.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 6, October, 1908|Various
Through a maze of heat, a half-mile distant, at the starting-gate, little spots of color moved in impatient circles.
The Man Who Could Not Lose|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for starting gate

starting gate

noun

a movable barrier so placed on the starting line of a racecourse that the raising of it releases all the contestants simultaneously

the US name for starting stalls

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单词	starting gate
释义	starting gate SEE SYNONYMS FOR starting gate ON THESAURUS.COM noun any of various types of movable barriers for lining up and giving an equal start to the entries in a horse or dog race. Origin of starting gate First recorded in 1895–1900 Words nearby starting gate starters, start from scratch, star thistle, start in, starting block, starting gate, starting grid, starting handle, starting price, starting rate, starting stalls Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for starting gate In short, I feel put on the spot, and come up lame right out of the starting-gate. Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard\|Ted Gioia\|May 28, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Then, amid a murmur of excitement, the starting-gate went up, and the horses were off. Adrien Leroy\|Charles Garvice So, perfectly calm and very much bored, he danced to the starting-gate on the chestnut filly. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 6, October, 1908\|Various Through a maze of heat, a half-mile distant, at the starting-gate, little spots of color moved in impatient circles. The Man Who Could Not Lose\|Richard Harding Davis British Dictionary definitions for starting gate starting gate noun a movable barrier so placed on the starting line of a racecourse that the raising of it releases all the contestants simultaneously the US name for starting stalls Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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