anteport
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hanging or covering in front of a door.
noun
An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door.
Example Sentences
- "1 tapestry door-hanging,³ 6/8"
- "The Anteportaes [translating portiere] were of cloth of Gold of Burſia, and their borders of Crimſon Veluet, embroydered with Gold and Pearles: […]"
- "payed Mr Pearse 6 10 0 / and for painting Anteport 3 10 0 / upholster Anteport 1 5 5"
- "[T]he magnificent ex-voto realized by José de Paez in 1751, […] depicts a richly furnished bedroom, including a luxurious bed with folding screens, a painted cloth anteport and a fine imported carpet."
- "Reparo, o ante puerta, que es una pared ante la puerta [a protective screen or anteport, which is in fact a wall in front of the 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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: antiporta