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
That was what she couldn't bear to think of, the necessity she laid on him of going, as it were, for ever through the postern door.
From The Creators A Comedy by May Sinclair
Consider, dear Isabel," he said, "the secret of this postern door is one that may be discovered at any time.
From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Suddenly a postern door banged, and then a slow, dawdling step was heard in the distance, and Martin perceived, approaching the "lime walk," My Lord Lackaday, with his fishing-rod and tackle.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
