gunport

[guhn-pawrt, -pohrt]

noun

1. an aperture, as in a protective wall or the side of a ship, through which a gun gin gun can be aimed and fired.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gunport¹

First recorded in 1760–70; gun ¹ + port ⁴

Example Sentences

He was cold, and he thought of Snowden, who had never been his pal but was a vaguely familiar kid who was badly wounded and freezing to death in the puddle of harsh yellow sunlight splashing into his face through the side gunport when Yossarian crawled into the rear section of the plane over the bomb bay after Dobbs had beseeched him on the intercom to help the gunner, please help the gunner.

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He reached up and seized a notch beneath a gunport, pulling the longboat under the deadeyes that supported the mainmast shrouds.

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Now the line of gunport covers along the upper gun deck were being raised.

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They stood about 25 feet from Gardner, behind a wall cut with a gunport, and were armed with a matched set of .30-caliber Winchester rifles.

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Cooper had assigned himself to a gunport in the east wall of the blockhouse.

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