Hastily she brushed away the gathering tears as the carriage stopped abruptly with a jingle of harness at the lichgate. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
A minute later her assumption was confirmed, as the middle-aged lady, followed by the young, pretty one, came quickly through the lichgate and entered the car. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
Mrs. Mowbray and all her works -- there were six of the latter, ranging from a lanky girl of twelve to a fat baby still in the perambulator stage -- made her way out of the churchyard and stood waiting by the beautiful old lichgate, which, equally with the thirteenth century window, was a source of pride and satisfaction to the good folk of. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
If we have Lichfield and lichgate, we may have lichworm too. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Tales from Northern Seas] Reference
I will instance only lich, ‘a dead carcase, whence lichwake, the time or act of watching by the dead; lichgate, the gate through which the dead are carried to the grave; Lichfield, the field of the dead, a city in Staffordshire, so named from martyred Christians. From Wordnik.com. [On Dictionaries] Reference
They were awaiting the clergyman at the lichgate. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
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