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portsale

noun

Etymology

From port + sale. See port (“gate”).

  1. derived from *selh₁-✻
  2. derived from *salō✻
  3. derived from sala
  4. inherited from sala
  5. inherited from sale
  6. formed as portsale — “port + sale”

Definitions

  1. public or open sale

    public or open sale; auction

    • Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland

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