Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Postern \Pos"tern\, a.
Back; being behind; private. "The postern door." --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Postern \Pos"tern\, n. [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr.
L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See {Posterior}.]
1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance;
hence, any small door or gate.
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He by a privy postern took his flight. --Spenser.
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Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. --Shak.
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2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the
parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the
interior of the outworks. --Mahan.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
postern
n 1: a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
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