postern door
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Almost immediately after the postern door was cautiously opened, a white face was protruded into the lane, and a 78 hand was seen beckoning to the watchers.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
There was a slight click of the latch from the old postern door in the wall, and the low murmur of voices—a man's, pleading and passionate, and a woman's, half gay, half mocking.
From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
