1855 B. J. Lossing 376 The writer reined up his horse at a little picket-gate in front of a neat residence in East Lexington.
1937 Apr. 106/2 A flagged path leads from a picket gate to broad, low steps.
2003 (Nexis) 1 May 60 Through the thigh-high picket gate, its little tin bell tinkling as a warning against the (possible) intrusion of kidnappers.