poort
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of poort
C19: from Afrikaans, from Dutch: gateway; see port 4
Example Sentences
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This way and that they sprang, and the man with his burden passed between them over the little drawbridge down the street of the city, heading for the Morsch poort.
From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard
She had been seen to pass the Morsch poort; then she disappeared.
From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard
On reaching the poort again we found his spoor, freshly made since we had been there, and he had walked right along through the gorge without stopping again, and gone into the kloof beyond.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
By sunrise we were on the divide between the poort and the nex’ valley, jest about where the road led over the neck ahead of the troops.
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
The poort is said to be haunted, you know.”
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
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