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portpieces

portpieces is the plural of portpiece.

Meaning of portpiece

Noun

portpiece (plural portpieces)

  1. a smaller cannon or gun mounted on the side of a ship. These were often used for close-range engagements or for firing at smaller targets.
    • PORT-PIECE An ancient piece of ordnance used in our early fleets.1867, Admiral W. H. Smyth, The Sailor’s Word Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautcal Terms Including Some More Especially Military and Scientific but Useful to Seamen as Well as Archaisms of Early...

Questions about portpieces

What is portpieces the plural of?
Portpieces is the plural of portpiece.

Words near portpieces in the dictionary

  1. Portoviejo
  2. portpass
  3. portpasses
  4. Portpatrick
  5. portpiece
  6. portpieces
  7. Portrack
  8. portrait
  9. portrait painting
  10. portrait paintings
  11. portraited

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