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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Postern  \Pos"tern\,  a. 
  Back  being  behind;  private.  ``The  postern  door.''  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  postern 
  n  :  a  small  gate  in  the  rear  of  a  fort  or  castle 




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