five-bar gatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfaɪv.bɑː ˈɡeɪt/us/ˌfaɪv.bɑːr ˈɡeɪt/also five-barred gate, uk/ˌfaɪv.bɑːdˈɡeɪt/us/-bɑːrd-/UKa wide gate consisting of five horizontal bars and usually one or two bars going from corner to corner
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- A mile or so farther on, before there had been a chance for much tailing, we came to a five-bar gate, out of a road—a jump of just four feet five inches from the take-off.