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Across the road and the two inevitable ditches was a kind of lych gate, I do not know what other name to give it, a covered gateway and benches, where the family who lived behind the inclosure could take the air, and, incidentally, a bit of gossip, if they had any congenial neighbors.

Social life in old New Orleans : being recollections of my girlhood, 1912

A document appears in a plastic sleeve pinned to the wooden stump that once supported a lych-gate.

GRAVE CONCERNS • by Oscar Windsor-Smith 2009

But Dal-gliesh, when he arrived alone, had been surprised to see Julius's Mercedes parked opposite the lych gate beside the Toynton Grange bus.

She Closed Her Eyes 2010

Cameron could go in any direction, or none, because he cannot show he has any core values - despite all those family photos at lych gates.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

The funeral was of a popular local man who lived just beside the lych gate, knew everybody for miles around, was a church warden and parish councillor.

Funerals 2009

The gate was massive, with supporting towers and a sloping roof like that of a lych-gate.

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

In the deep shadow of the lych gate I cannoned off a hard body.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

“Lych” was the Old English word for corpse — hence the roofed-over lych gate outside most churches, for the temporary resting of the bier (and its bearers) on the way into the graveyard.

The Moor King, Laurie R. 1998

Fergus opened his mouth, brows arched skyward, then shut it again and turned without a word toward the black opening of the lych-gate, whence Jamie had disappeared.

Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

"For Gavin's sake, " he said, and turned away toward the lych-gate.

Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997