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postern

[poh-stern, pos-tern] / ˈpoʊ stərn, ˈpɒs tərn /


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The postern was closed again, the iron door was barred and piled inside with stones.

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

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He saw three gates during his wanderings—the main entrance with its gatehouse, a postern by the kennels, and a garden gate hidden behind a tangle of pale ivy.

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They left through a postern gate in the north wall.

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Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.

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