postern door
Example Sentences
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The portcullis was down and the gates barred, so she turned aside to a postern door.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The guardsmen left their mounts out-side the walls and escorted her through a narrow postern door, then up endless steps to a tower.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Shivering slightly in the bitter wind, he followed the bulk of the massive walls until he found a postern door, half open as some kitchen knave had left it in his flight.
From Black Amazon of Mars by Brackett, Leigh Douglass
I went up to the postern door, and tried the handle.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen
His dreams came in by that gate, and all other things by the postern door, which, he said, was the way he and she must go.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
