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postern |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He by a privy postern took his flight. --Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. --Shak. 2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. --Mahan. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Postern \Pos"tern\, a. Back being behind; private. ``The postern door.'' --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: postern n : a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
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