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Definition of Portholes
1. porthole [n] - See also: porthole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portholes
Literary usage of Portholes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events (1863)
"—In the first Monitor, the guna were run out for firing, so as to project through
the portholes; and they were, of course, exposed for the moment to ..."
2. 595 Pulpit Pungencies: With a Table of Contents by Henry Ward Beecher (1866)
"... hungry with the -•- eye and the ear, as well as the mouth, portholes When all
a man's necessaries of life are stomach those which go in at the portholes ..."
3. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"There are also two portholes cut on each side of the vessels, making four portholes
on each vessel, but so cut and concealed that they would not be observed ..."
4. Report and Accompanying Papers of the Commission Appointed by the President (1896)
"The arrangement of the artillery with two guns of 8 caliber and two of 4, firing
from their respective portholes is very easy, but those who sent the report ..."
5. Documents Relating to the Question of Boundary Between Venezuela and British by Venezuela (1896)
"The arrangement of the artillery with two guns of 8 -caliber and two of 4, firing
from their respective portholes is very easy, but those who sent the ..."
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