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 →

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 →
• He crept out through a postern as the clock struck nine. tree →
• The guards did not see the postern. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «postern» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.