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

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

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)

Nance promptly stepped up to the alley gate and wiggled her fingers in a way peculiarly provocative to a juvenile enemy.

From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

By the time Bob was ready and out looking for her, she had been down through the alley gate and back, bringing by the hand that person littler than herself, Sister.

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