secretgate

noun
UK /ˈsiː.krət.ɡeɪt/
US /ˈsiː.krət.ɡeɪt/

A secretgate is a hidden door that lets you go in or out without anyone seeing.

The children found a secretgate in the garden wall and slipped through it.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A special password or code that opens a hidden way in.

Only members knew the secretgate that unlocked the clubhouse.

3. A quiet, unnoticed way to get into a place or group.

Her kindness was a secretgate into the new class.

4. A small gate in a fence that is hard to spot.

The dog escaped through a secretgate behind the shed.