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
Mya helped her mount one while a guardsman in a sky-blue cloak opened the narrow postern gate.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The gates of the New Castle had been closed, but a postern opened when he shouted, and a guard emerged to ask his business.
From "A Dance with Dragons" 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
