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port-hole
port-hole (ˈpɔəthəʊl) Also porthole. [f. port n.3 + hole n.] 1. a. Naut. An aperture in a ship's side; spec. formerly one of those through which cannon were pointed; now, one of the apertures for the admission of light and air; = port n.3 2 b.1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Portañola, a port-hole, porta. ...
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Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant
Legacy
A port-hole and piece of steel of the MS Jadran were used in a memorial monument to British Home Children who perished in Canada.
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Kuthannoor (gram panchayat)
The Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology describes a port-hole cist thus: "a box-like burial chamber, largely underground and built of gneissic orthostats The e. orthostat has a port-hole which is blocked by a small slab on the outside. The entire structure is surrounded by a stone circle.
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gun-hole
† ˈgun-hole Obs. 1. An embrasure; a port-hole for a gun.1532 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 145 Ane blokhouise..with gunhollis and duiris of aistlar. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 274 Seven or eight great Gun-holes two foot above the Water, by which the Guns play level with the surface of i...
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Megalithic entrance
entrance
8. portal entrance (with lintel)
9. low passage entrance in front of a portal
Gallery graves and stone cists
10. round (or similarly shaped) port-hole Variation 7 is not dissimilar to the so-called port-hole (bottom left), in which the front stone or, as in the diagram, two front stones are hewn out so
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embrasure
▪ I. † emˈbrasure, n.1 Obs. rare. [f. embrace v.2 + -ure.] = embrace.1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. iv. 39 Preuents Our lock't embrasures.▪ II. embrasure, n.2 (ɛmˈbreɪʒ(j)ʊə(r)) Also embrazure. [a. F. embrasure (16th c.), f. embraser ‘to skue or chamfret off the jaumbes of a door or window’ (Cotgr.), sy...
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Los Millares
Analysis of occupation material and grave goods from the Los Millares cemetery of 70 tholos tombs with port-hole slabs has led archaeologists to suggest
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dead-light
ˈdead-light [In sense 1, f. dead a. 15; in 3, f. dead n., or Sc. form of death-light.] 1. Naut. A strong wooden or iron shutter fixed outside a cabin-window or port-hole in a storm, to prevent water from entering.1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 3 A sea struck us..and drove in one of our quarter a...
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HMS Repulse (1868)
, the Admiral's quarters on the main deck, and officers' cabins arranged either side of the poop, with most officers being able to bunk under an open port-hole
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port
▪ I. port, n.1 (pɔət) Also 4–6 porte, 5 poort. [OE. port haven, harbour, ad. L. port-us haven, harbour. In ME. reinforced by F. port (= Pr. port, Sp. puerto, Pg., It. porto) of same origin. Sense 5 directly from OF.] I. 1. a. A place by the shore where ships may run in for shelter from storms, or to...
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Forest snakehead
Description
It has a distinct series of port-hole markings on the side and has a more tapering head compared to other snakeheads.
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جزيرة كات
المستوطنات الرئيسية هي نيو بايت (New Bight) ومدينة آرثر (Arthur's Town) (مسقط رأس وبيت الطفولة لـ سيدني بواتييه) وأورانج كريك (Orange Creek) وبورت هاو (Port واحدة من مناطق الجذب الرئيسية في الجزيرة هي الحفرة الزرقاء الكبيرة (Big Blue Hole) بالقرب من أورانج كريك في طريق ديكييس.
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douse
▪ I. douse, n.1 (daʊs) Also 7 douze, 7– douce, dowse, 9 douss. [f. douse v.1] A dull heavy blow or stroke.a 1625 Fletcher Nice Valour v. i, Souse upon Souse. Douces single. Justle sides. 1653–4 Whitelocke Jrnl. Swed. Emb. (1772) I. 137 A dowse in the neck. 1771 Smollett Humph. Cl. I. 3 June, He gave...
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Seine–Oise–Marne culture
It lasted from around 3100 to 2000 BCE and is most famous for its gallery grave megalithic tombs, which incorporate a port-hole slab separating the entrance
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Megalithic architectural elements
Port-hole slab
In megalithic archaeology a port-hole slab is the name of an orthostat with a hole in it sometimes found forming the entrance to a chamber
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