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aport

[ uh-pawrt, uh-pohrt ]

adverb

Nautical.
  1. on or toward the port side.


aport

/ əˈɔː /

adverb

  1. nautical on or towards the port side

    with the helm aport

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aport1

First recorded in 1620–30; a- 1 + port 2
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The U93 lay on the starboard quarter; and Crouch, without a moment's hesitation, put the helm hard aport, with the result that the bows of the ship swung round on an angle of forty-five degrees, until she was heading straight for the submarine.

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Oi�s une partie des reliques, que li empereres ot aport�es: il i fu la moiti�s de la corone dont Nostre Sires fu coron�s des poignans espines.

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The Vanguard watch reported a sail ahead, and the helm was put hard aport to prevent running it down.

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Enfans avoit du patriarche, et les barons estoient, que là où il se conseilloient, vint un fol ou patriarche, si li dist; ‘Sire Patriarche, dones moi bon don, car je vous aport bones novelles Pasque de Riveri, vostre fame, a une bele fille!’

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Hard aport! a command instructing the helmsman to turn the tiller to the left or port side of the ship, thus causing the ship to swerve to the right or starboard.—ns.

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