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

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

It was a battered wooden postern under a slab of stone.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman