liftgate

A gate which lifts instead of swing Pope: Homer's Ody ey, iv. 1,048. *life-ly, *lif-ly, adv . [Eng. life ; -ly .] In a lifelike manner; to the life; like life. *lif-en, v. t. [English lif (e); -en.] To give an appearance of life to; to liven (q. v.). lif-er, s. [Eng. lif (e); -er.] 1. One who is sentenced to penal servitude for life. ( Slang .) "They'll make the Artful nothing le than a lifer ."Dickens: Oliver Twist , ch. xliii. 2. A sentence of penal servitude for life. life-rent, s. [Eng. life, and rent.] Law : A rent to which one is entitled during the term of one's life or for the support of life; a right to use and enjoy property during life, without destroying or wasting it.