anteport

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English

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Etymology

Alteration influenced by ante- of Italian antiporta, from anti- (preceding) + porta (gate, door). Sense 1 may show an English innovation, translating Italian portiere in the 1625 quotation. By surface analysis, ante- +‎ port.

Noun

anteport (plural anteports)

  1. A hanging or covering in front of a door.
  • 1625, , Robert Withers, , “The Grand Signiors Serraglio”, in Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes. , 2nd part, London: William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, , →OCLC, 9th book, § I (Description of the place, partitions, and manifold conueniences), page 1583, lines 17–19:
    The Anteportaes were of cloth of Gold of Burſia, and their borders of Crimſon Veluet, embroydered with Gold and Pearles:
  • 1635 October, Nicholas Stone, “The Note-Book and Account Book of Nicholas Stone”, in Walter Lewis Spiers, edited by A J Finberg, The Seventh Volume of the Walpole Society, 1918–1919, Oxford, Oxfordshire: or the Walpole Society by Frederick Hall at the University Press, published 1919, →OCLC, page 103:
    payed Mr Pearse 6 10 0 / and for painting Anteport 3 10 0 / upholster Anteport 1 5 5
  • 2002, The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico: Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer, Houston, Tex.: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Mexico City: Museo Franz Mayer, →ISBN, note 36, page 42, column 2:
    he magnificent ex-voto realized by José de Paez in 1751, depicts a richly furnished bedroom, including a luxurious bed with folding screens, a painted cloth anteport and a fine imported carpet.
  • 2006, W South Coblin, Francisco Varo’s Glossary of the Mandarin Language (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series; LIII/I), volume 1 (An English and Chinese Annotation of the Vocabulario de la Lengua Mandarina), Sankt Augustin: Monumenta Serica Institute, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 489:
    Reparo, o ante puerta, que es una pared ante la puerta .
  • An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door.
  • Translations

    References

    1. ^ anteport, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 anteport, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    Anagrams

    Romanian

    Etymology

    From ante- +‎ port.

    Noun

    anteport n (plural anteporturi)

    1. (nautical) outer harbour

    Declension

    Declension of anteport
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative anteport anteportul anteporturi anteporturile
    genitive-dative anteport anteportului anteporturi anteporturilor
    vocative anteportule anteporturilor