How do you use Postern in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gate, plus the exact meaning.
Postern in a sentence
Postern meaning
- A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification.
- A separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc.
- A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
Synonyms of Postern
Using Postern
- The main meaning on this page is: A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification. | A separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc. | A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
- Useful related words include: gate.
- In the example corpus, postern often appears in combinations such as: postern gate.
Context around Postern
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Postern
- In this selection, "postern" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, small, gate and gates stand out and add context to how "postern" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a small postern gate at and and three postern gates. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "postern" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with postern
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is a small postern gate at L. The enceinte comprises two large open courts, surrounded with buildings connected with cloister galleries of wood or stone. (26 words)
An eighth unnamed 'portal' gate (smaller than a postern gate) existed in the wall just to the northwest of the castle, now in the gardens of Castle Walk House. (29 words)
From this and other surviving documents it seems that the town walls and gates were in place by 1270. citation They were constructed about the central part of the community with four main gates and three postern gates. (38 words)
From this and other surviving documents it seems that the town walls and gates were in place by 1270. citation They were constructed about the central part of the community with four main gates and three postern gates. (38 words)
An eighth unnamed 'portal' gate (smaller than a postern gate) existed in the wall just to the northwest of the castle, now in the gardens of Castle Walk House. (29 words)
There is a small postern gate at L. The enceinte comprises two large open courts, surrounded with buildings connected with cloister galleries of wood or stone. (26 words)
Example sentences (3)
An eighth unnamed 'portal' gate (smaller than a postern gate) existed in the wall just to the northwest of the castle, now in the gardens of Castle Walk House.
From this and other surviving documents it seems that the town walls and gates were in place by 1270. citation They were constructed about the central part of the community with four main gates and three postern gates.
There is a small postern gate at L. The enceinte comprises two large open courts, surrounded with buildings connected with cloister galleries of wood or stone.
Common combinations with postern
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: