back gate

back gate (plural back gates)

1. The gate at the back of a property, especially a residential property, often leading onto a lane.
   • 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 13, in Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:

     All walked quietly through the garden, out at the little back gate, and began to climb the hill that lay between the house and river.

   • 1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia‎^[1], Book 2, Chapter III:

     On Saturday Ambrosch drove up to the back gate, and Antonia jumped down from the wagon and ran into our kitchen just as she used to do.