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IPA(Pronunciation)

(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.

Japanese Meaning

門柱（門の出入口に用いられる支柱） / 扉柱（ドアの支柱）

He leaned his cap against the old dern at the farm gate and sighed.

彼は農場の門の古い門柱に帽子を寄せてため息をついた。

Sense（1）

(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.

So I just put my eye between the wall and the dern of the gate, and I saw him come up to the back door […]

derns

（ plural ）