half-port

noun

one half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole.

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Meanings

nounhalf-port (plural half-ports)

plural half-ports

  1. nauticalone half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole.

    he heard the clanking of their capstan pawls — putting to sea with bands playing and guns grinning through yawning half-ports

    1939, Roland Barker, The Middle Passage
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APA

half-port. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-port

MLA

“half-port.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-port. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-port,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-port.

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