English-Thai Dictionary
postern
N ประตู หลัง pra-tu-lang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POSTERN
n.[L. post, behind. ] 1. Primarily, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.
2. In fortification, a small gate, usually in the angle of the flank of a bastion, or in that of the curtain or near the orillon, descending into the ditch.
POSTERN
a.Back; being behind; private.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POSTERN
Pos "tern, n. Etym: [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr. L.posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See Posterior. ]
1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. Shak.
2. (Fort. )
Defn: A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan.
POSTERN
POSTERN Pos "tern, a.
Defn: Back; being behind; private. "The postern door. " Dryden.
New American Oxford Dictionary
postern
pos tern |ˈpōstərn, ˈpäs -ˈpoʊstərn | ▶noun a back or side entrance: [ as modifier ] : a small postern door. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French posterne, alteration of posterle, from late Latin posterula, diminutive of posterus ‘following. ’
Oxford Dictionary
postern
postern |ˈpɒst (ə )n, ˈpəʊst -| ▶noun a back or side entrance: [ as modifier ] : a small postern door. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French posterne, alteration of posterle, from late Latin posterula, diminutive of posterus ‘following ’.
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