: mavisol (mavisol) wrote in linguaphiles,
2011-06-19 14:30:00

mavisol
mavisol
linguaphiles
2011-06-19 14:30:00

Sections of the gate?

Please look at these pictures
http://us.fotolia.com/id/26826807
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Petersburg_Winterpalast_2005_e.jpg

As you can see, the gate has two sections (as many gates do), right and left. Is there a special name for the sections (leaf? valve?) or you just call it "the right section", "the left section"?

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