postern

Speech parts

1. postern - Noun

2. postern - Adjective

Meaning

Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.

A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.

Back; being behind; private.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

after back behind hatch stern gateway tail door rear reverse entrance gate threshold portal posterior
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

beginning head lead leading top front
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

gate

Phrases with the word

postern door

Anagrams

Preston Prosten

Examples

An eighth unnamed 'portal' gate (smaller than a postern gate) existed in the wall just to the northwest of the castle, now in the gardens of Castle Walk House. Source: Internet

From this and other surviving documents it seems that the town walls and gates were in place by 1270. citation They were constructed about the central part of the community with four main gates and three postern gates. Source: Internet

There is a small postern gate at L. The enceinte comprises two large open courts, surrounded with buildings connected with cloister galleries of wood or stone. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

posterization posterize posterlike postern door postero- postero-lateral