poort
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of poort
C19: from Afrikaans, from Dutch: gateway; see port 4
Example Sentences
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The poort is said to be haunted, you know.”
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
By the time the rocks which marked the entrance to the poort came into view it was already night.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
No doubt he had heard us then as we walked past, and had winded us later on when we got ahead of him into the poort.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
After about a mile, the kloof into which this poort debouched suddenly narrowed and turned left-handed at right angles to our course.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by H.A. Bryden
Afterwards, however, one of my voor-loopers reported that he had seen two waggons yesterday afternoon trekking through the poort about five miles to the north there.
From The Ghost Kings by Henry Rider Haggard
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