<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a gate<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of the larger sort<OL TYPE="1"><LI>in the wall of either a city<LI>a palace<LI>a town<LI>the temple<LI>a prison</OL></OL><LI>the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)<LI>metaph. the access or entrance into any state</OL>