postern gate's Usage Examples:

The postern gate has carved mouldings around the northern arch but is unvaulted and otherwise plain.

He sent men to Carlisle to examine a postern gate and the height of the walls.

The postern gate at the rear would have been connected to the moat"s south bank by a drawbridge.

It was built as a small postern gate in the 16th century by the Ottomans, first widened for vehicular traffic.

do not clearly distinguish between a gate—open to road traffic—and a postern gate—solely used by pedestrians.

A postern gate was placed low down in the curtain wall close to the centre in order.

postern gates could also feature a bent entrance, usually on a smaller scale.

Kaleyard Gate is a postern gate in Chester city walls, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ406665).

Ward, it is defended by eight large towers and two barbicans, with a postern gate leading down to the river, allowing the castle to be resupplied from.

Today only the postern gate survives.

A postern gate was placed low down in the curtain wall close to the centre in order to allow the defenders.

The medieval postern gate by the Tower of London, David Whipp, Museum of London Archaeology Service, Section 2 The medieval postern gate by the Tower.

On 18 December 1876, the L"NWR purchased the site from William Walker and subsequently demolished the remains of the castle except for the postern gate which, following a local petition, was moved to a new site in the boundary wall of the new station where it remains to this day.

Synonyms:

crash, intrude, irrupt, barge in,

Antonyms:

rise, ascend, integrate, stand still, stay,