back-gate

Hard by, at the back-gate of Comiston, a belated carter beheld a lady in white,

Edinburgh Picturesque Notes 2005

And then, as though it had slipped, with his latchkey, from his waistcoat pocket, he would point out to us, when it stood before our eyes, the back-gate of our own garden, which had come hand-in-hand with the familiar corner of the Rue du Saint-Esprit, to await us, to greet us at the end of our wanderings over paths unknown.

Swann's Way 2003

So away we went, and as we marched out at the back-gate whom should we meet but an old piece of mortality in chains.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

So away we went, and as we marched out at the back-gate whom should we meet but an old piece of mortality in chains.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Then he and Buster made their way to the back-gate and slipped out into the road.

The Mystery of Holly Lane Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1953

Beth swung herself round the bar, crept cautiously down the tiles to the pump, jumped to the ground, then ran up the entry, and let herself out by the back-gate into the street.

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

As she approached the Lees 'back-gate, she became aware of a round thing that looked like a cannon-ball glued to the top, and her fond heart swelled, for she knew it must be Sammy's head.

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

Beth stood at the back-gate waiting to waylay Sammy.

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

"Well never come to grips with MacCailein," said MacDonald, taking the badinage in good part, "so long as he has a back-gate to go out at or a barge to sail off in."

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

"If you'll come out after your tea, I'll leave the back-gate ajar, and you can slip into the wood-house; and I'll bring you a whiting on toast, all hot and brown."

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand