outport

[ out-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈaʊtˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

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noun

a secondary seaport close to a larger one but beyond its corporate limits or jurisdiction.

Canadian. an isolated fishing village, especially on the Newfoundland coast.

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Origin of outport

First recorded in 1635–45; out- + port¹

Words nearby outport

outperform, outplace, outplacement, outplay, outpoint, outport, outporter, outpost, outpour, outpouring, out-process

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How to use outport in a sentence

A great American city is almost invariably placed at a point where an important railroad finds an outport on a lake or river.
Greater Britain|Charles Wentworth Dilke
It was a good partnership—this friendship between the Colonial knight's son and heir and the outport fisherman's lad.
Billy Topsail, M.D.|Norman Duncan
Nieuport, the outport of Ypres, is the last of the towns in this region to which I shall call your attention.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
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.
Dr. Grenfell's Parish|Norman Duncan

But this did not interfere with his friendship with Billy Topsail, the outport boy.
Billy Topsail & Company|Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for outport

outport

/ (ˈaʊtˌpɔːt) /

noun

mainly British a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port

Canadian one of the many isolated fishing villages located in the bays and other indentations of the Newfoundland coast

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