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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) one half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole..
he heard the clanking of their capstan pawls — putting to sea with bands playing and guns grinning through yawning half-ports
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Half-port means (nautical) one half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole..
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he heard the clanking of their capstan pawls — putting to sea with bands playing and guns grinning through yawning half-ports
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