[benjāngkhapradit] (n) EN: Thai mode of salutation using five parts of the body ; prostration in which the head, hands and feet touch the ground ; kowtow FR: prosternement à la chinoise [ m ]
a. [ Hyo- + ternal. ] (Anat.) (a) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck. (b) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Omo- + sternum. ] (Anat.) (a) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage. (b) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan. [ 1913 Webster ]
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