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
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 Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
We had entered the old postern door, and were walking up the drive leading to the house, when a servant met me.
From Roger Trewinion by King, Gunning
Thus saying, he pressed her to his bosom for a moment, and then passed through the postern door.
From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
