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
Pos"tern, a.
Defn: Back; being behind; private. "The postern door." Dryden.
POSTERO
Pos"te*ro
Defn: - (posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side.
POSTEXILIAN; POSTEXILIC
Post`ex*il"i*an, Post`ex*il"ic, a.
Defn: After the exile; specif. (Jewish Hist.),