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port arms

port arms noun: the position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.

port arms: the position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body
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Noun

port arms (uncountable)

  1. The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.
    • I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms.1989, Peter C. Lagarias, Harrison J. Sheppard, Effective Closing Argument, page 356
    • At last the battery cover snapped down. Howard strode briskly back through the living room with the hedge-clippers held at port arms.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

Verb

port arms (third-person singular simple present ports arms, present participle porting arms, simple past and past participle ported arms)

  1. (usually) To carry one's personal firearm diagonally in front of the body.

port arms meaning in Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

port arms in Tagalog

a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso
agap sandata, agap ta

port arms in Malay

a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso
tatang senjata

port arms in Indonesian

a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso
depan senjata

Forms of port arms

third-person singular presentports arms
present participleporting arms
past participleported arms
pastported arms

Questions about port arms

What does port arms mean?
Port arms means the position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.
What is port arms in Tagalog?
Port arms in Tagalog is agap sandata, agap ta. See Port arms meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is port arms?
Port arms can be a noun or a verb.

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