postern gate's Usage Examples:

walls of York contained a number of posterns; at North Street Tower, the postern gate was demolished to accommodate the Great North of England Railway.

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

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

Today only the postern gate survives.

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

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.

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.

A postern gate provided access to the beach and the sea.

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

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

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

consists of two late Norman archways, a carriage gateway and a smaller postern gate for pedestrians, surmounted by a late Perpendicular gatehouse, with an.

Synonyms:

crash; intrude; irrupt; barge in;

Antonyms:

rise; ascend; integrate; stand still; stay;