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Definition of Postern
1. Noun. A small gate in the rear of a fort or castle.
Definition of Postern
1. n. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.
2. a. Back; being behind; private.
Definition of Postern
1. Noun. A back-gate, backdoor, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) By extension, a separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc. ¹
3. Adjective. Situated at the rear; posterior. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postern
1. a rear door or gate [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postern
Literary usage of Postern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"This postern was re-edified by William Hampton, fishmonger, mayor, in the year 1472.
In the year also, 1511, the third of Henry VIII., ..."
2. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1870)
"CAPTURE OP CHATTANOOGA, A postern INTO THE ATLANTIC REGION. THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.
Chattanooga was defended by a Confederate army under General Bragg, ..."
3. The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in by Walter Wilson (1808)
"After some years, his meetinghouse falling to decay, he exerted himself to procure
a new one, which was erected-in Aldermanbury postern, in the year 1765. ..."
4. The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott (1878)
"No sooner had the last toll of the vesper bell ceased to sound, than I stole from
my chamber, reached the garden unobserved, hurried to the postern, ..."
5. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1891)
"Beyond the western of these buttresses the postern-gate of the castle opens from
the base-court on to the precipitous bank above the Coquet. ..."
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