| 单词 | postern door |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostern door 1. Of a means of entrance or exit: placed at the back or side; secondary, lesser, private, hidden; esp. in postern door, postern gate. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > side- or back-gate postela1225 posternc1300 postern gatea1375 hinder gatec1400 back-gate1442 side gate1600 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door hall-doorc1275 falling doorc1300 stable doorc1330 vice-door1354 hecka1400 lodge-doorc1400 street door1465 gate-doora1500 portal1516 backdoor1530 portal door1532 side door1535 by-door1542 outer door1548 postern door1551 house door1565 fore-door1581 way-door1597 leaf door1600 folding door1611 clap-door1625 balcony-door1635 out-door1646 anteportc1660 screen door1668 frontish-door1703 posticum1704 side entrance1724 sash-door1726 Venetian door1731 oak1780 jib-door1800 trellis?c1800 sporting door1824 ledge-door1825 through door1827 bivalves1832 swing-door1833 tradesmen's entrance1838 ledged door1851 tradesmen's door?1851 fire door1876 storm door1878 shoji1880 fire door1889 Dutch door1890 patio door1900 stable door1900 ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901 suicide door1925 louvre door1953 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2166 (MED) Þe beres..passeden out priueli at þe posterne gate. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 589 (MED) Atte posterne gate Gamelyn out went. a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 88 The which dore of the towre wt the other v. postern doris..ofte tymes have be repayred. a1500 (?a1425) Ipomedon (Harl.) (1889) 1855 (MED) In at a preuy posterne gate By nyght she stale in. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Hiii A posternne doore on the backsyde into the gardyne. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 81 By this postern gate commeth in the whole mark of Papall Indulgences. 1607 E. Ford Ornatus & Artesia xv. 117 Hee came to a postern gate which he opened, and after hee was out, shut the same fast againe. 1668 Duchess of Newcastle Presence 108 in Plays Understanding commands the Guard, will keep the Postern-door, and Peace governs the Fort, so as no Gamester can enter. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. iv. 15/1 Just South, going down divers Stone Steps, is the excellent Postern Spring, with an Iron Bowl and Chain fastened to catch the Water. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. xii. 472 He..told her, that, if she would repair, on the following night, when the Signor was retired to rest, to the postern-gate of the castle, she should, perhaps, see Madame Montoni. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 254 Wilfrid half led, and half he bore, Matilda to the postern door. 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. III. 283 A large gateway-arch flanked by a postern-arch. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) viii. 193 A postern gate led them through the city wall into Merton College. 1973 N. Montsarrat Kappillan of Malta 174 He entered the Palazzo through the postern gate. 1993 M. Clynes Grail Murders 203 We crept down into the hall, through the kitchen and out by a small postern door. < as lemmas |
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