ˌgarden-ˈgate
[f. garden n. + gate n.1]
1. A gate leading into a garden.
| c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xix. 210 He smytethe on the Gardyn Ȝate with a Clyket of Sylver. 1463 Bury Wills (Camden) 22 The grete gardeyn gate. 1731 Pope Ep. Burlington 30 Turn Arcs of triumph to a Garden-gate. 1838 Dickens O. Twist xxix, A gig drove up to the garden-gate. |
2. dial. Used as a name for various plants: Herb Robert (Geranium Robertianum), the Pansy (Viola tricolor), and London Pride (Saxifraga umbrosa). The fuller form is ‘Kiss-me-behind-the-garden-gate’ (Britten & Holland).