1archit.postern gate, smaller and more private back-door:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Les portes sunt d'yvoyre, li postifs
(var. (P: c.1310) postiz) de roal
(=walrus ivory)
4338
(
c.1165;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Hume ne femme n’i venist, Ne fors de cel murail n’issist. Uns vielz prestres blancs e floriz Guardout la clef de cel postiz
13.256
(
MS: s.xiii
)
postiz: posticus / posticum
i 228
postiz1 (s.xii3/4)