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aport

American  
[uh-pawrt, uh-pohrt] / əˈpɔrt, əˈpoʊrt /

adverb

Nautical.
  1. on or toward the port side.


aport British  
/ əˈpɔːt /

adverb

  1. nautical on or towards the port side

    with the helm aport

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aport

First recorded in 1620–30; a- 1 + port 2

Example Sentences

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The next day saw us completing our passage of Grenville Channel and turning hard aport into Verney Passage, then to starboard into Ursula Channel for a stop at the hot springs opposite Gribbell Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

The veteran turned an experienced ear aport, listened a moment, and then replied,— "No, sir," promptly.

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

I ran the match along close to the ceiling and came upon a rusty hook a little aport of the center.

From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien

It was the habit of the Guard to go into action at arms aport.

From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Cyrus Townsend Brady

They saw the guns of that little army come from their shoulders to a slanting position across the breast—arms aport!

From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Cyrus Townsend Brady

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