gates <p>Swinging or sliding barriers used to fill or close a gateway between two spaces or placed within a wall or fencing, often exterior and often made of a grating or open framework or forming a heavy or rough structure. For barriers of more solid and finished construction and usually leading to interior spaces, use "doors."</p> <p>Source: AAT</p> <p><a href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300002916">http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300002916</a></p>