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Definition of Departure gate
1. Noun. Gate where passengers embark.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Departure Gate
Literary usage of Departure gate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated by Francis Whishaw (1842)
"The goods-offices are on the right side of the departure-gate; and on the left
side of the arrival-gate are the offices of the treasurer of this Company, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"Close to each departure-gate there is stationed a person whose duty it is to
write down in a book the number of each cabman carrying away a passenger, ..."
3. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1849)
"Close to each departure-gate there is stationed a person whose duty it is to
write down in a book the number of each cabman carrying away a passenger, ..."
4. Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough: With Twenty-six by John Bartholomew Gough (1870)
"Close to each departure gate, there is stationed a person who challenges the
driver—"Number of your cab?" "782." "How many passengers?" "Two. ..."
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