切きり戸ど

noun

low gate; side gate

Refers to a small, low gate or side entrance, often found in traditional Japanese gardens or tea houses, where one must stoop to enter.

• 茶ちゃ室しつの庭にわには切きり戸どが設もうけられている。

  A low gate is installed in the tea house garden.

• 切きり戸どをくぐって中なかに入はいる。

  I pass through the low gate and enter.