Porthouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Porthouse is a noun meaning A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc.
Meaning
A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc.
More Meanings
- The main cabin on the port side of a boat.
Example Sentences
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.
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).
Small portions ot the porthouse are opaque for holding cells and other secure areas. A narrow bar contains the porthouse and is solid along the east where trattic stacks up waiting to cross at the Canadian border station.
Word Forms
- porthouses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include port, customshouse, tacklehouse, posthouse, tackle-house, portside.
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