Anteport
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A hanging or covering in front of a door.
"1 tapestry door-hanging,³ 6/8"
- 2 An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door.
"Between the 5 large anti-ports are columns of enormous height and compass, with as many gates of brasse the worke and sculpture of Pollajuolo the Florentine, full of cast figures and histories in a deepe relievo."
Example
More examples"The Anteportaes [translating portiere] were of cloth of Gold of Burſia, and their borders of Crimſon Veluet, embroydered with Gold and Pearles: […]"
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.
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