outport

American  

[out-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈaʊtˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

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.

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outport British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of outport

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

Example Sentences

In Newfoundland, fishing villages are known as outports, and the outport where we were heading was Summerville, off the Indian Arm of Bonavista Bay.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

From the nearby historical and picturesque outport of Trinity, we joined about six others embarking on a Zodiac inflatable boat piloted by a professional whale watcher.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

Yolande Pottie-Sherman, a researcher and geography professor at Memorial University in St. John’s, said resettlement poses important questions: should remote communities and outport culture be kept alive, and at what – and whose – expense?

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2019

The 55-year-old former cod fisherman, born in the similarly abandoned town of Kerley’s Harbour, began guiding outport ghost-town tours three years ago.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2014

"An outport," she said slowly, "is a—a part of a ship," that much seemed safe—"I expect it's the place where they throw things like potato peels through."

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph