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anteports

anteports is the plural 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...

Questions about anteports

What is anteports the plural of?
Anteports is the plural of anteport.

Words near anteports in the dictionary

  1. antepileptic
  2. antepileptics
  3. anteplacental
  4. anteport
  5. anteportico
  6. anteports
  7. anteposition
  8. antepositional
  9. antepositions
  10. antepost
  11. anteprandial

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