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

The latch of the alley gate clicked once more, and his hand was on his revolver; but in a moment the two had passed on down the alley.

From The Haunted Bookshop by Morley, Christopher

He had just entered Mrs. Bassett's front door, when the son of the house, followed by an intent and earnest company of four, opened the alley gate and came into the yard.

From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth

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