alley gate


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

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How to use alley gate in a sentence

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

    Stories for Helen | Eliza Leslie
  • His captors had evidently entered the campus from the alley gate at the back, where no one would be likely to see them.

    The Mystery of Arnold Hall | Helen M. Persons
  • They hurried to the alley gate, and there they found the letter, as the Black Star had said.

    Black Star's Campaign | Johnston McCulley
  • And don't I wish I could hear him giving his call for me out by the alley gate!

    The Little Colonel in Arizona | Annie Fellows Johnston
  • He had stepped outside to find one Smooth Crumbaugh leaning upon the alley gate.

    Those Times And These | Irvin S. Cobb