Definition of Posterns. Meaning of Posterns. Synonyms of Posterns

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Definition of Posterns

Postern
Postern Pos"tern, n. [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr. L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See Posterior.] 1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. --Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. --Shak. 2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. --Mahan.
Postern
Postern Pos"tern, a. Back; being behind; private. ``The postern door.' --Dryden.

Meaning of Posterns from wikipedia

- A postern is a secondary door or gate in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location...
- the wall to the Seine. Two posterns were built between the Porte Saint-Antoine and the Seine, as well as the Barbette postern (rue Vieille-du-Temple, between...
- Postern of Fate is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie that was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1973 and in...
- Constantine XI, established his command here in 1453. Known posterns are the ****ikule Kapısı, a small postern after the ****ikule Fort (between towers 11 and 12)...
- Straits. The codename for the main operations to take Lae was Operation Postern. Planned as part of wider operations to eventually secure the Huon Peninsula...
- However, this postern is not included in the 2022 plans. The access paths to the posterns were observed to be extremely steep. Some posterns on the Sarthe...
- The Tower Hill Postern was a small fortified entrance (postern) at the eastern terminal point to the London Wall, at the junction of the Wall and the...
- Postern Mountain is a 2,944-metre (9,659 ft) mountain located on the SE side of Mount Robson Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia...
- England. Retrieved 12 June 2022. Historic England. "City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster...
- Porta Romana, Porta Nuova and Porta Orientale) and about ten "pusterle" or posterns (including Pusterla dei Fabbri, Pusterla di Sant'Ambrogio, Pusterla delle...