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postern
UK /ˈpɒst(ə)n/ US /ˈpɑstɚn/
noun 3adj 1
Collocations
2POSTERN + NOUN
abbey, flight
PREP.
out
Definitions
noun
1
A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification.
And as they cam hurlyng vnder the Castel where as sir launcelot lay in wyndowe / & sawe how two knyghtes layd vpon syr Blyaunt with their swerdes /[…]/ And thenne sir launcelot brake the chaynes fro his legges and of his armes /[…]/ & so sir launcelot ran out at a posterne / and there he mett with the two knyȝtes that chaced sir Blyaunt
He by a privy postern took his flight.
2
A separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc.
3
A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
The postern of the enceinte leads through the middle of the curtain, descending from the plane of sight to the ditch
adj
1
Situated at the rear; posterior.
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And as they cam hurlyng vnder the Castel where as sir launcelot lay in wyndowe / & sawe how two knyghtes layd vpon syr Blyaunt with their swerdes /[…]/ And thenne sir launcelot brake the chaynes fro h
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He by a privy postern took his flight.
Wiktionary03
Out at the postern, by the abbey wall.
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