postern
Example Sentences
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Upon being prompted, however, he went on: "Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest."
From Time Magazine Archive
But most of them opened their postern gates and let Mr. Jones come in with the money he was determined to inject into them.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He took his leave through a postern gate an hour before dawn, accompanied by Ser Loras Tyreil and some fifty retainers," Varys told them.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
This postern was the least of Harrenhal's gates, a narrow door of stout oak studded with iron nails, set in an angle of the wall beneath a defensive tower.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The gates of the New Castle had been closed, but a postern opened when he shouted, and a guard emerged to ask his business.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
