gosport

[ gos-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈgɒsˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

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noun

a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.

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Origin of gosport

First recorded in 1940–45; after Gosport, England

Words nearby gosport

Gospels, gospel side, gospel truth, Gosplan, gospodin, gosport, goss, Gossaert, gossamer, gossan, Gosse

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How to use gosport in a sentence

William—absent Kate and Prince George—arrived by helicopter to Gosport Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Hampshire today.
William Has a Tipple in the Line of Duty|Tom Sykes|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Directly you have landed I shall take the Osprey to Gosport, and lay her up there.
The Queen's Cup|G. A. Henty
A curious steam ferry-boat runs backwards and forwards between Portsmouth and Gosport.
A Yacht Voyage Round England|W.H.G. Kingston
But now something concerning Portsmouth and its neighbouring town of Gosport.
From the North Foreland to Penzance|Clive Holland

He paid several visits to Whitehaven, where was his banker, and to Gosport, where his lawyer lived.
A Rose of a Hundred Leaves|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The two airships circled slowly over Gosport and Portsmouth, dropping their torpedoes wherever a worthy mark presented itself.
The World Peril of 1910|George Griffith

British Dictionary definitions for gosport

Gosport

/ (ˈɡɒsˌpɔːt) /

noun

a town in S England, in Hampshire on Portsmouth harbour: naval base since the 16th century. Pop: 69 348 (2001)

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