English

gatepier

From gate + pier.

A compound of gate + pier

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Middle English pere ‘bridge pillar, breakwater’

English pier

Today it means

noun Either of the pair of piers or pillars supporting a gate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gatepier