gate ~ gait:
[‘gate’ rhymes with ‘gait’]
the main gate of a building
“Gate”, as a noun & for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here, is ‘a movable frame (a barrier) on hinges usually with bars across it which closes an opening made for an entrance or exit in a wall, fence, etc.’; and as a verb, it means ‘to prevent a student from leaving school after regular class as a punishment for behaving badly’,
e.g.
Our factory gates are closed at exactly five past eight in the morning.
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different types of gaits
“Gait” (noun; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here) is ‘a manner of walking or running (i.e. a particular way in which a person or animal walks’,
[F]
e.g.
He must be a sailor; he has that peculiar rolling gait of seamen.
