sally port

noun

1. a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
2. a postern.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sally port¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

KSM enters the complex through a “Sally Port,” a series of gates designed to allow just one vehicle in at a time.

From The Daily Beast

Throw open the sally-port; to the field, Sixtieths, to the field; pull not a trigger, lest ye kill my lambs!

From Project Gutenberg

An underground sally-port opening into the moat, which was a dry one, is reached by steps leading from the castle yard.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal entrance is on the south-east side, and directly opposite it is a sally-port.

From Project Gutenberg

At the same moment the two crept quickly across the area and vanished in the darkness of the sally port.

From Project Gutenberg

Mark and Texas were seated on the steps of barracks when the Parson came through the sally port.

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