Home › Words › E › endgateendgateendgate means tailboard.EtymologyFrom end + gate.nountailboardDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tailboard 72% match — A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailgate. vs endgate →backgated 66% match — Equipped with a backgate vs endgate →liftgate 58% match — A hydraulic or electric platform that installs onto the rear of a vehicle and which may be raised or lowered in the loading and unloading of heavy cargo. vs endgate →backgate 56% match — A gate that supplies a negative voltage. vs endgate →yett 55% match — Gate. vs endgate →stopboard 54% match — A toeboard. vs endgate →headgate 54% match — An upstream gate to an aqueduct, canal, river channel, or irrigation system that can be opened or closed to regulate the flow of water entering a downstream portion of the system. vs endgate →outgate 53% match — An outlet; a passage outward. vs endgate →