postern door
Example Sentences
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The portcullis was down and the gates barred, so she turned aside to a postern door.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The guardsmen left their mounts out-side the walls and escorted her through a narrow postern door, then up endless steps to a tower.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Her last words these, "By curfew sure, On Christmas eve, at the postern door."
From Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius
In the palace wall the postern door opened and someone looked out.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Then, glancing cautiously round to see that the coast was absolutely clear, they unlatched the little postern door, slipped through, and shut it after them.
From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol
