postern

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification.

   “He by a privy postern took his flight.”

2. isim A separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc.
3. isim A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.

   “The postern of the enceinte leads through the middle of the curtain, descending from the plane of sight to the ditch”

4. sıfat Situated at the rear; posterior.