Lexic.us

Definition of Porthole

1. Noun. A window in a ship or airplane.

2. Noun. An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.

Definition of Porthole

1. n. An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

Definition of Porthole

1. Noun. A circular window set in the hull of a ship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Porthole

1. a small window in a ship's side [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porthole

porteress porteresses porterhouse porterhouse steak porterhouses portering porterly porters portess portesse

portesses portfire portfires portfolio portfolios porthole (current term) portholed portholelike portholes porthors

porthos porthoses portia tree portico porticoed porticoes porticolike porticos portier portiere

Literary usage of Porthole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1906)
"There was no evidence that the plaintiff's assignor opened the porthole or left it open when he left his stateroom. portholes upon steamers are under the ..."

2. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London, Snark (Ketch) (1915)
"... and found a bay (that does not exist) inside the breakers, and went in and landed. Awakening with a start, I turned quickly to the porthole ..."

3. Afloat on the Pacific: Or, Notes of Three Years Life at Sea, Comprising by W. P. Marshall (1876)
"... porthole Landscape. |IFE on ship board is perhaps a trite subject, yet those whose avocations keep them afar from the ocean are seldom much acquainted ..."

4. Afloat on the Pacific: Or, Notes of Three Years Life at Sea, Comprising by W. P. Marshall (1876)
"... by Rebels—A porthole Landscape. |lFE on ship board is perhaps a trite subject, yet those whose avocations keep them afar from the ocean are seldom much ..."

5. Six Months on the Italian Front: From the Stelvio to the Adriatic, 1915-1916 by Julius Mendes Price (1917)
"... blight—The hull of the 20000 ton liner—The gloomy interior—The view of the Carso and Trieste through a porthole—Of soul stirring interest—Hill No. ..."

6. Letters Written While on a Collecting Trip in the East Indies by Thomas Barbour, Rosamond Barbour (1913)
"... it was ninety the other night in my state room and not a single breath of air coming in the porthole, and it is such a damp heat (100, by day, ..."

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