lych-gate

• lychgate, lych gate, lichgate, lich-gate, lich gate, litchgate, litch-gate, litch gate, lytchgate, lytch-gate, lytch gate, lykegate, lyke-gate, lyke gate

From lich (“corpse”) +‎ gate.

lych-gate (plural lych-gates)

1. A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
   • 1851, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, The Moorland Cottage‎, HTML edition, Project Gutenburg, published 2004:

     If you take the turn to the left, after you pass the lyke-gate at Combehurst Church, …