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posterns

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The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.

During this we brought in through the posterns all the horses and other cattle we could collect.

These walls were flanked by thirty-four towers, pierced with five gates and two posterns.

There were also several posterns, small openings made in the wall at some height above the ground, for use with rope ladders.

The two posterns in the north wall of the inner ward against the Devilin and Martin towers, "c" and "g," were not made till 1681.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to posterns, such as: back, back door, back end, backside, bottom, and butt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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