Postern (noun)
pos-turn
A back door or gate. A private entrance or one other than the main one.
1250–1300; Middle English posterne from Old French, variant of posterle from Late Latin posterula, diminutive of postera back door, noun use of feminine of posterus coming behind
Example sentences
“The castle had a postern around the side but it tended to be all locked up.”
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