fireport

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/ˈfaɪərˌpɔːrt/

noun

A small opening in the armor or wall of a fortification, vehicle, or ship, designed for firing weapons while providing protection to the shooter.

Scrabble 13

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nounfireport (plural fireports)

plural fireports

  1. A small opening in the armor or wall of a fortification, vehicle, or ship, designed for firing weapons while providing protection to the shooter.

    They were fitted with cabin armor add-ons, with fireports.

    2025 March 10, Wikipedia contributors, “CAESAR self-propelled howitzer”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation
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    Ten minutes later the destroyers and cruisers opened fire on the Wolmi-do, their gun crews by now intimately familiar with the island's fireport caves and bunkers.

    2001, Joseph H. Alexander, Fleet Operations in a Mobile War: September 1950-June 1951 (U.S. Navy and the Korean War), Naval Historical Center, page 20

    Machine guns were the usual weapon placed in the fireport, although direct-fire guns of up to 47-mm were also used.

    2015, James R. Holbrook, Michael E. Dunn, Tactical Responses To Concentrated Artillery, Pickle Partners Publishing, page ??

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APA

fireport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireport

MLA

“fireport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireport. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fireport,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireport.

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