"starting gate" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "starting gates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "starting gate (plural starting gates)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Equestrianism",
          "orig": "en:Equestrianism",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow the racing animals out at the same time."
      ],
      "id": "en-starting_gate-en-noun-NrmCEPjD",
      "links": [
        [
          "equestrianism",
          "equestrianism"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "dog racing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(equestrianism, dog racing) A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow the racing animals out at the same time."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equestrianism",
        "hobbies",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(equestrianism)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "starting-gate"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The beginning"
      ],
      "id": "en-starting_gate-en-noun-rg~bC1RF",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) The beginning"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "starting gate"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "starting gates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "starting gate (plural starting gates)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Equestrianism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow the racing animals out at the same time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equestrianism",
          "equestrianism"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "dog racing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(equestrianism, dog racing) A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow the racing animals out at the same time."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equestrianism",
        "hobbies",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The beginning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) The beginning"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(equestrianism)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "starting-gate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "starting gate"
}