kissing gate
Noun
Meaning
kissing gate (plural kissing gates)
A small gate, used instead of a stile at the boundary of a field, that swings in a U- or V-shaped enclosure and touches (kisses) each of two gateposts, allowing one person at a time to pass through, but being too complex for livestock to operate.
Examples
The following afternoon Vants came through the kissing gate right after lunch, in very muddy work clothes and caked otos.
Pyosz started back to the kissing gate.