sallyport
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After being marched out of the SUV, the agents brought Cardenas into a sallyport, a secured entry-exit point with multi-stage doors.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 17, 2011
He turned around to laugh significantly, then walked away towards the sallyport, swinging his hanger contentedly.
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Some entered with them pell mell through the sallyport, others stormed the bastion, and others scrambled over the curtain.
From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington
Much damage, too, was done in the latter by balls which entered the sallyport.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
Then they started, but were halted at the "sallyport," and when they exhibited to the officer-of-the-day their passes from the regular army lieutenant, he presented to them the order from the adjutant general.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey
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