SuaviloquyToday’s word

gateway

Gateway, n.

A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for gateway; he lists it under entrance.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.