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port-vent
[corresp. to a F. *porte-vent ‘carry-wind’, f. porte- + vent wind.]
A pipe conveying the wind in an organ or bagpipe.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Port-vent, in an organ, is a wooden pipe, well closed, which serves to convey the wind from the bellows to the sound-board of the organ. 1877G. Macdonald Mrq. Lossie xi, Malcolm set his port vent to his mouth, rapidly filled his bag. |