outport

[ out-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

1. a secondary seaport close to a larger one but beyond its corporate limits or jurisdiction.
2. Canadian. an isolated fishing village, especially on the Newfoundland coast.

outport

/ ˈaʊtˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port
2. one of the many isolated fishing villages located in the bays and other indentations of the Newfoundland coast

Word History and Origins

Origin of outport¹

First recorded in 1635–45; out- + port ¹

Example Sentences

A great American city is almost invariably placed at a point where an important railroad finds an outport on a lake or river.

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It was a good partnership—this friendship between the Colonial knight's son and heir and the outport fisherman's lad.

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Nieuport, the outport of Ypres, is the last of the towns in this region to which I shall call your attention.

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If you were to ask a fisherman of some remote outport what his flour was made of he would stare at you and be mute.

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But this did not interfere with his friendship with Billy Topsail, the outport boy.

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