port running

American  

noun

1. an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.

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Other Word Forms

• port runner noun

Example Sentences

My only concern is that if he can’t tell green shoes from black I sure hope he can differentiate between starboard and port running lights on other vessels!

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2010

I left some strips of cloth, of their favourite red colour, hanging about the hut, and proceeded westward along the shore to examine the arm of the port running in that direction.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Flinders, Matthew

Within ten minutes more the wind had freshened a good deal, and the “Restless” was bending over considerably to port, running well, indeed, considering her very small spread of canvas.

From The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)