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Definition of Porthors
1. n. See Portass.
Definition of Porthors
1. portesse [n -ES] - See also: portesse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porthors
Literary usage of Porthors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1903)
"'The same agayn to yow,' quod she, 'I seye; By god and by this porthors, I yow
Though men me wolde al in-to peces swere, 1325 tere, Ne shal I never, ..."
2. The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene by Robert Greene (1905)
"This word, also spelt 'porthors,' 'porte-hors,' 'portass,' 'portus,' 'portasse,'
... The derivation is seen most clearly in the form ' porthors " or ..."
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