Postern
Pronunciation : Pos"tern
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr. L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See Posterior.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pos"tern
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Back; being behind; private. "The postern door." Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913