postern door
Example Sentences
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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
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
As he was approaching the postern door by which he always entered when alone, a man stepped forth from the shadow and presented himself with an obeisance in the Prince’s path.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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
It was he who unlocked the postern door and admitted our party to the cathedral.
From Long Live the King by Boothby, Guy
