wicket-gate

"Yes, the wicket-gate which leads on to the moor."

The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

The dog, incited by its master, sprang over the wicket-gate and pursued the unfortunate Baronet, who fled screaming down the Yew Alley.

The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

On tiptoe, with noiseless step and suppressed breath, trembling at every rustle of their own apparel, one after another the fair prisoners glided down the winding stair, under the guidance of Roland Graeme, and were received at the wicket-gate by Henry Seyton and the churchman.

The Abbot 2008

The Countess rushed so swiftly through the archway to the wicket-gate that the gendarme on sentry did not see her pass.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

Through this the path wound in zigzags up a steep rocky slope, and ended at a wicket-gate.

Westward Ho! 2007

Suddenly the low wicket-gate slowly opened and Vassilissa appeared.

A Desperate Character 2006

A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort.

Wessex Tales 2006

All the faces in the street were in the windows; the little maidservant flew to the wicket-gate; the Mesdames Clapp looked out from the casement of the ornamented kitchen; Emmy, in a great flutter, was in the passage among the hats and coats; and old

Vanity Fair 2006

By the time he had reached the wicket-gate he saw that she had moved, and waited till she came up.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

She lifted it to her lips and kissed it, and then, leaving him, passed from the summer - house down through the wicket-gate, and straight home to the parsonage.

Tales of all countries 2004