sally port

noun

1

: a gate or passage in a fortified place for use by troops making a sortie

2

: a secure entryway (as at a prison) that consists of a series of doors or gates

Examples of sally port in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Authorities identified 29-year-old Joshua Jahn as the suspect who climbed onto a roof nearby and fired at the ICE facility, striking the detainees in a van in a sally port, before taking his own life. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025

The shooter fired multiple rounds from a roof or an elevated position down into the field office’s sally port, an ICE spokesperson confirmed. —Nbc News, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025

Jahn opened fire while the sally port to the facility was open as the detainees were being transferred, officials said. —Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025

Lyons reportedly told the network that the shooter fired into the sally port area of the ICE office, where detainees are brought in. —Richard Hall, Time, 24 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sally port

• heliport
• nonsupport
• reexport
• teleport
• ultrashort
• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort