kissing gate

noun

British.

1. a gate hung in a narrow enclosure having the shape of a U or a V , allowing only one person to pass at a time.

kissing gate

noun

1. a gate set in a U- or V-shaped enclosure, allowing only one person to pass through at a time

Example Sentences

She passed through a kissing gate onto the B4398, with the intention of re-joining the towpath through a similar gate, diagonally opposite on the other side of the road.

From BBC

I glanced at Grant Burch to see how impressed he was but he was looking toward the kissing gate over by Saint Gabriel's.

From Literature

The only other route out was through the kissing gate, down toward the river.

From Literature

It was one of those rare mornings which declares itself, with a boastful extravagance of warmth and light and new leaves, as the true beginning, the grand portal to summer, and he was walking through it with Briony, past the Triton pond, down beyond the ha-ha and rhododendrons, through the iron kissing gate and onto the winding narrow woodland path.

From Literature

When they came out of the woods and had gone through the kissing gate, she stopped and turned.

From Literature