Definition of Taranaki gate in English:

Taranaki gate

noun

A simple gate made of wires attached to upright battens.
the children hopped off their horses to open the Taranaki gates
Example sentencesExamples
- This example of creating something from nothing is readily demonstrated in that most innovative of constructions: the Taranaki gate.
- Like the Taranaki gate, he was modest in manner but tough and uncompromising on the things that really count.
- This Taranaki gate is being used as part of a modern fence.
- At the last Taranaki gate, I filled a gumboot with water, mud, and cow dung.
- The Taranaki gate stands as a symbol of rural enterprise.
- The wire-and-batten Taranaki gate, though ingenious and ubiquitous, is not high on the agenda for most visitors to the province.
- A chance remark that something be done to thwart the bovine mascot prompted a few council employees to build a Taranaki gate, which was covered with notices.
- As the Taranaki gate represents a triumph of making do with what is to hand, so does my father's life.
- The most fortified Taranaki gate is now part of the Whitecliffs Walkway.
- If the entrance to heaven has a Taranaki gate, then my father will have no problem negotiating it.

Origin

1930s: named after the New Zealand province of Taranaki.

单词	Taranaki gate
释义	Definition of Taranaki gate in English: Taranaki gate noun NZ A simple gate made of wires attached to upright battens. the children hopped off their horses to open the Taranaki gates Example sentencesExamples This example of creating something from nothing is readily demonstrated in that most innovative of constructions: the Taranaki gate. Like the Taranaki gate, he was modest in manner but tough and uncompromising on the things that really count. This Taranaki gate is being used as part of a modern fence. At the last Taranaki gate, I filled a gumboot with water, mud, and cow dung. The Taranaki gate stands as a symbol of rural enterprise. The wire-and-batten Taranaki gate, though ingenious and ubiquitous, is not high on the agenda for most visitors to the province. A chance remark that something be done to thwart the bovine mascot prompted a few council employees to build a Taranaki gate, which was covered with notices. As the Taranaki gate represents a triumph of making do with what is to hand, so does my father's life. The most fortified Taranaki gate is now part of the Whitecliffs Walkway. If the entrance to heaven has a Taranaki gate, then my father will have no problem negotiating it. Origin 1930s: named after the New Zealand province of Taranaki.
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