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# postern

«postern» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small back gate or door in a castle wall, used to slip…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (posterns) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

A small back gate or door in a castle wall, used to slip in or out unseen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postern/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old castle tales, a secret side door that a hero creeps through.

### examples

- All the doors and posterns were locked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postern/#x1)
- He crept out through a postern as the clock struck nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postern/#x2)
- The guards did not see the postern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postern/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «postern» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postern/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.