gated

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of gate

adj

  1. Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).
  2. Having a gate or other restricted access.
    a gated community; a source control system with gated check-ins
    The flashing signal is intended mainly for use at crossings with lifting barriers, but it may be also be used at some gated crossings and, on minor roads, at some ungated crossings; …. 1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level crossing signs”, in Trains Illustrated, page 519
    Gated, gilded and gaudy, they have sprung up all over China: overwrought government buildings erected at vast public expense, and in stark contrast to the shoddy state of so many homes and schools. In style they range from modernist brutalism to Versailles kitsch. 2013-07-27, “Architectural bombast”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846
  3. (heraldry) Having a gate of a specified colour.
    Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure, a castle argent, gated and windowed gules; 2nd, gules three legs armed proper, flexed and conjoined triangularly at the upper end of the thigh, garnished and spurred or; 3rd, azure, a deer's head cabossed[…] 1956, Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science, Genealogical Publishing Com, page 203

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