Porthole
['pɔːthəʊl] or ['pɔrthol]
Definition
(n.) An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.
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Definition
n. a hole or opening in a ship's side for light and air or for pointing a gun through.
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Examples
- When we had entered the compartment we had seated ourselves upon a low bench beneath the porthole. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Those lofty portholes afford superb views of the sea, though. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For part of it is the smell that comes when, on a ship, there is a storm and the portholes are closed up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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