pos·tern /ˈpostɚ/
後門,便門,旁門(a.)後面的,後門的,便門的,次等的
Pos·tern n.
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. A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
Pos·tern, a. Back; being behind; private. “The postern door.”
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postern
n : a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle