Postern

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Back; being behind; private.

II. Postern ·noun Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.

III. Postern ·noun A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.

Related Words

Postern
Murage of the City arising out of Candelwykestrete from the house of Fulk de St. Edmund as far as th...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
postern
A small passage constructed through some retired part of a bastion, or other portion of a work, for ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Postern, Postern Gate
See Tower Postern. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Aldermanbury Postern
North out of London Wall at No.129 to Fore Street, opposite St. Alphage Church (P.O. Directory). Fi...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Basinghall Postern
See Second Postern. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
First Postern
See Aldermanbury Postern. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Postern Passage
In Shoemaker Row (Dodsley, 1761). See Postboy Passage. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Postern Row
Between Great Tower Hill and Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1720-O.S.25, in 1880). Seems to have be...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Second Postern
Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Tower Postern
North of the Tower, by George Yard, between that yard and the Tower Ditch, at the southern terminati...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Postern, near Moorfields
At the west end of Petty France leading into Moorfields (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108, and 1755 ed.)...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.