A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
To rein in.
To bend or curve.
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
To crouch; to cringe.
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
To check, restrain or control.
To bring to a stop beside a curb.
Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
A doorlike structure outside a house.
A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
Movable barrier.
A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
A way, path.
To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
To open a closed ion channel.
To furnish with a gate.
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.