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porthouse

noun

Etymology

From port + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as porthouse — “port + house”

Definitions

  1. A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space…

    A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc.

    • To make this short trip, one goes to the wharf of Cavite or to where the porthouse is and, once there, ask about the ship for Bulacan.

  2. The main cabin on the port side of a boat.

    • The starboard-house is a small galley and the porthouse contains the stairway leading below to the captain's cabin and mate's messroom.
    • The portholes (K) are opened from the outside by string (D) attached to the porthouse slide (H), and the slide is lifted until it is halted by the slide top (G).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA