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ante-port

ante-port is the alternative form of anteport.

Meaning of anteport

Noun

anteport (plural anteports)

  1. A hanging or covering in front of a door.
    • 1 tapestry door-hanging,³ 6/8[a. 1484?, The Port Books or Local Customs Accounts of Southampton for the Reign of Edward IV (Publications of the Southampton Record Society; 38), volume II, Southampton, Hampshire: Cox & Sharland...
  2. An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door.
    • Between the 5 large anti-ports are columns of enormous height and compass, with as many gates of brasse the worke and sculpture of Pollajuolo the Florentine, full of cast figures and histories in a deepe relievo.1644 November 26 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 17 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...

Forms of ante-port

pluralante-ports

Questions about ante-port

What is ante-port the alternative form of?
Ante-port is the alternative form of anteport.

Words near ante-port in the dictionary

  1. ante-camera
  2. ante-historic
  3. ante-mortem
  4. ante-Mosaic
  5. ante-Nicene
  6. ante-port
  7. ante-ports
  8. ante-post
  9. ante-room
  10. ante-rooms
  11. ante-up

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