POSTERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postern mean? 

• POSTERN (noun)
  The noun POSTERN has 1 sense:

1. a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle

  Familiarity information: POSTERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small gate in the rear of a fort or castle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("postern" is a kind of...):

gate (a movable barrier in a fence or wall)

 Context examples 

What is it that they thrust out through the postern door?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)