Synonyms for postern

Grammar : Adj

Spell : poh-stern, pos-tern

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ stərn, ˈpɒs tərn

Définition of postern

Origin : late 13c., "back door, private door," from Old French posterne "side or rear gate," earlier posterle, from Late Latin posterula "small back door or gate," diminutive of Latin posterus "that is behind, coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-).

adj back

Example sentences :

I considered your coachman to be a faithful man, and I told him to wait for you at the postern.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

He knocked, and presently the postern gaped, and a lantern was advanced.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

As each man did so he had to retire by a postern leading to the sea.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Cowper assumes a second postern, but there is no evidence for this, and l. 139 ff.
Extract from : « The Odyssey of Homer » by Homer

If I do but send them a message they will surely come to the postern gate.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Astonishment robbed me of breath as he threw open the postern.
Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill

"That road leads to the postern gate at the top of the hill," she added.
Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Charles Goddard

I was peering through the slit in the postern, not twenty feet away.
Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs

After they had passed the postern, Honey-Bee again asked where they were going.
Extract from : « Honey-Bee » by Anatole France

This postern was re-edified by William Hampton, fishmonger, mayor, in the year 1472.
Extract from : « The Survey of London » by John Stow

Antonyms for postern

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