1) Back door 2) Back door or gate 3) Back gate 4) Castle architecture 5) French word used in English 6) Gate 7) Private back gate 8) Private entrance 9) Secondary entrance 10) Side entrance
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1) Door
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back entrance
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A lesser or private gate.
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back door or gate; small private door
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• (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. • (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. • (a.) Back; being behind; private.
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small door or gate, usually some distance from main entrance of castle or ward. Often hidden to allow defenders to enter and exit castle without detection. Sallyport. Secondary gateway or back doorway
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1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. 'He by a privy postern took his flight.' (Spenser) 'Out at the postern, by the abbey wall.' (Shak) ... 2. A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. ... Origin: OF. Postern...
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small doorway useful for entering or leaving a castle after the main gates had been closed
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Side entrance
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Small gateway in a castle from which the besieged could sally forth.
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Pos'tern adjective Back; being behind; private. 'The
postern door.'
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Pos'tern noun [ Old French
posterne ,
posterle , French
poterne , from Latin
posterula , from
posterus coming after. See
Posterior .]
1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. « He by a privy
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A postern is a private entrance to a castle, town, monastery or other enclosed building.
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A secondary door.
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n] - a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
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Any small door or gate serving as a private entrance, usually at the rear of a building. You can see examples of Postern gates over on our website under gates for a walled garden.
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small doorway useful for entering or leaving a castle after the main gates had been closed
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minor gate or door in a late Roman town- or fortwall
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noun a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
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