anteport

anteport noun: a hanging or covering in front of a door.

Noun

anteport (plural anteports)

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...
- The Anteportaes [translating portiere] were of cloth of Gold of Burſia, and their borders of Crimſon Veluet, embroydered with Gold and Pearles: […]1625, [Ottaviano Bon]; Robert Withers, [transl.], “The Grand Signiors Serraglio”, in [Samuel] Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 2nd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […]...
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...
- The plans were prepared by the eminent engineer, Adolfo Guerard, and what is wanted at once is the construction of a canal, port, and anteport, up to at least seven and a half meters depth; […]1900 February 22, “Montevideo Harbor Plans”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025, page 4, column 3

anteport meaning in Tamil

anteport in Tamil

தொடக்க நுழைவாயில்

Examples of anteport in a sentence

payed Mr Pearse 6 10 0 / and for painting Anteport 3 10 0 / upholster Anteport 1 5 51635 October, Nicholas Stone, “The Note-Book and Account Book of Nicholas Stone”, in Walter Lewis Spiers, edited by A[lexander] J[oseph]...
[T]he magnificent ex-voto realized by José de Paez in 1751, […] depicts a richly furnished bedroom, including a luxurious bed with folding screens, a painted cloth anteport and a fine imported carpet.2002, The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico: Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer, Houston, Tex.: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Mexico City...
Reparo, o ante puerta, que es una pared ante la puerta [a protective screen or anteport, which is in fact a wall in front of the door].2006, W[eldon] South Coblin, Francisco Varo’s Glossary of the Mandarin Language (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series; LIII/I), volume 1 (An...
In terms of the anteport material, the single-layer wooden door is usually used.2017, J Y Dong, W Cheng, C P Ma, L S Xin, Y T Tan, “Thermal environment analysis and energy conservation research of rural residence in...

Forms of anteport

plural	anteports
alternative form	ante-port
alternative form (obsolete)	antiport

Origin of anteport

Alteration influenced by ante- of Italian antiporta, from anti- (“preceding”) + porta (“gate, door”). Sense 1 may show an English innovation, translating Italian portiere in the 1625 quotation. By surface analysis, ante- + port.

Questions about anteport

What does anteport mean?: Anteport means a hanging or covering in front of a door.
What is anteport in Tamil?: Anteport in Tamil is தொடக்க நுழைவாயில். See Anteport meaning in Tamil.
How do you use anteport in a sentence?: payed Mr Pearse 6 10 0 / and for painting Anteport 3 10 0 / upholster Anteport 1 5 5
What part of speech is anteport?: Anteport is a noun.
What is the plural of anteport?: The plural of anteport is anteports.

Words near anteport in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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