alley gate

British  

noun

1. a metal spiked gate erected behind a terrace of houses to deter burglars

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alley gate

Jeremiah Hughes was mowing a lawn on a Wednesday afternoon when two men barged through an alley gate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

Entering by way of the alley gate one fine forenoon, Sister Eldora found Aunt Dilsey sitting in the kitchen doorway hulling out a mess of late green peas newly picked from the house garden.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

And with that, the Doctor went out into the alley and through his alley gate into his house.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

The kitchen is wholly responsible for the garbage pail; each area or alley gate offering for inspection and infection its unsavory receptacle; and beyond that, the kitchen is in large measure responsible for the stable.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

And beyond this alley gate, outside which stood the barrel they were seeking, in the alley itself, with the cottage shanties of the alley world for background, stood Sister!

From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden