Meaning

A hanging or covering in front of a door..

Definitions by Sense

1. A hanging or covering in front of a door.
2. An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door.

Example Sentences

1 tapestry door-hanging,³ 6/8

The Anteportaes [translating portiere] were of cloth of Gold of Burſia, and their borders of Crimſon Veluet, embroydered with Gold and Pearles: […]

payed Mr Pearse 6 10 0 / and for painting Anteport 3 10 0 / upholster Anteport 1 5 5

[T]he magnificent ex-voto realized by José de Paez in 1751, […] depicts a richly furnished bedroom, including a luxurious bed with folding screens, a painted cloth anteport and a fine imported carpet.

Reparo, o ante puerta, que es una pared ante la puerta [a protective screen or anteport, which is in fact a wall in front of the door].

Between the 5 large anti-ports are columns of enormous height and compass, with as many gates of brasse the worke and sculpture of Pollajuolo the Florentine, full of cast figures and histories in a deepe relievo.

The plans were prepared by the eminent engineer, Adolfo Guerard, and what is wanted at once is the construction of a canal, port, and anteport, up to at least seven and a half meters depth; […]

In terms of the anteport material, the single-layer wooden door is usually used. However, some new buildings choose steel doors or metal insulation doors.

Word Forms

• anteports
• ante-port
• antiport

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When Should You Use Anteport?

Use anteport when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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