postern
/poh-stern, pos-tern/US // ˈpoʊ stərn, ˈpɒs tərn //UK // (ˈpɒstən) //
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a back door or gate.
- : a private entrance or any entrance other than the main one.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or resembling a postern.
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Examples
In the centre of the North wall is the opening of the Postern Gate, and there were probably central gates on the east and south.
While I steal in through a postern, you thunder at one of the great gates: knock and it shall be opened unto you.
A smaller postern door served the purpose of ordinary entrance; and to that Julian now repaired.
It was locked, but a little postern in the stockade let him through.
"That road leads to the postern gate at the top of the hill," she added.
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