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† portlof Naut. Obs. [a. F. porte-lof, f. porte-, porte- + lof luff.] ? = bumkin.1397 Foreign Acc. No. 31 G (P.R.O.), In ij tabulis grossis de ferre emptis et expensis super le portloves dicte navis iij s. iiij d.
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ˈport-last Naut. ? Obs. Also 7 portlasse, -lesse, 8–9 (erron.) portland. [Original form and derivation obscure: cf. portlof.] Of uncertain meaning: explained, from 1704, as the gunwale of a ship. Chiefly in phrase (down) a portlast: said of a yard.1633 T. James Voy. 11 The Portlesse of the Fore-Cast...
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