Definition of "garden-gate" []

• The pansy: an abbreviation of kiss-behind-the-garden-gate, or some other of its similar names. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Now at this moment, the captain knocked at the garden-gate, and"
• "Then Ibrahim fared forward and found all as it had been described by the Gobbo: he also saw the garden-gate open, and in the porch a couch of ivory, whereon sat a hump backed man of pleasant presence, clad in gold-laced clothes and hending in hand a silvern mace plated with gold."
• "Then they opened the garden-gate and cried out, and the folk came to them from all places, saying “What aileth you?”"