"gateless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From gate + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gate|less}} gate + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gateless (not comparable)
  1. Without a gate. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without a gate): ἀπύλωτος (apúlōtos) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-gateless-en-adj-O9kIdH7y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'without a gate': 100 0
  2. (by extension) Boundless; unrestricted. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gateless-en-adj-RDl~r4U4
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          "text": "Anthony Sparno’s days are usually filled with silent hours tending his gateless 12-acre cemetery.",
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          "ref": "2004, Ronald H. Bayor, The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America, →ISBN:",
          "text": "First, Negroes are trapped—as many whites are trapped—in inherited, gateless poverty.",
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          "ref": "2013, Steve Erickson, Tours of the Black Clock: A Novel, →ISBN:",
          "text": "We're left to our own devices, you and I, emancipated and gateless.",
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          "ref": "2018, Michael Ondaatje, Warlight, →ISBN, page 278:",
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          "ref": "2007 March 18, Roja Heydarpour, “At Muslim Resting Place, 5 New Child-Size Graves”, in New York Times:",
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          "text": "We're left to our own devices, you and I, emancipated and gateless.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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      "sense": "without a gate",
      "word": "ἀπύλωτος"
    }
  ],
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