alley gate

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

"M'randy saw them when they reached home and passed her kitchen window going back through the yard, and came and told me, and she and I went down to the alley gate after them."

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

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 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

After we have put on our disguises, we will go down stairs very softly and steal out at the alley gate.

From Stories for Helen by Leslie, Eliza