entry portn.1
/ˈɛntrɪ ˌpɔːt/, U.S. /ˈɛntri ˌpɔrt/ 1. Nautical. An opening in the side of a ship for entrance and exit, or for the loading and unloading of cargo; = port n.3 2a. Now chiefly historical.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel
porta1393
loophole1627
entry port1752
1752 in P. Brett Miscellany II. 18 For the more easy Induction of the many Things it [sc. the Ark] was to contain, a Door, or entry Port, was to be made in its Side.
1834 Standard 31 May Do you assert positively that I was at the gangway?.. Either there or at the very fore-part of the quarter-deck, close to the entry port.
1925 Illustr. London News 25 July 152/1 No longer was it possible to maintain such glories as..elaborate gun-ports, oar-ports, entry ports, [etc.]
2014 J. Stockwin Pasha xi. 241 Admiral Duckworth was at the entry-port in welcome and took them to his day cabin.
2. In various types of machine, device, or apparatus: an aperture permitting influx of a substance, entrance of a source of energy, introduction of an instrument, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts
armOE
button?1561
running gear1663
relax1676
collar1678
drumhead1698
long arm1717
drum1744
press cloth1745
head1785
absorber1789
bearing plate1794
crown1796
rhodings1805
press box1825
alternator1829
cushion1832
saw tooth1835
shoe1837
keyboard1839
returner1839
cross-head1844
channel shoe1845
baster1846
water port1864
shifter1869
magazine1873
entry port1874
upsetter1875
mechanism1876
tapper1876
tension bar1879
buttonholer1882
take-up1884
auger1886
instrument panel1897
balancer1904
torsion bar1937
powerhead1960
1874 Twelfth Exhib. Mass. Charitable Mech. Assoc. 52 In the Sturtevant Machine we find these spokes..directly under the edges of the fan, and, of course, in close proximity to the mouth or entry-port of the Blower.
1889 S. F. Walker Electr. in Homes & Workshops i. 4 The steam issuing from the exhaust of a steam engine is at a lower pressure than at the entry port.
1909 Automobile Dealer & Repairer Mar. 12/1 At the proper moment for the entry of the charge of gasoline vapour and air, two slots in the sleeves come opposite the gas entry port.
1950 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 8 769 By using several entry ports these or even higher doses of x-rays can be concentrated in a tumor-bearing area.
1971 Jrnl. Hygiene 69 85 Two entry ports for long neoprene gloves were built into the flap [of a laminar-flow cabinet].
2003 N.Y. Mag. 10 Feb. 68/3 These pencil-sized instruments..are designed to provide the dexterity of the surgeon's forearm and wrist at the operative site through entry ports of less than one centimeter.
3. Medicine. The place where an infection or infectious agent enters the body; cf. port of entry at port n.3 6. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > place of entry or exit
portal1695
entry port1901
port1903
1901 Arch. Pediatrics 18 896 The conclusion that the intestine has been the entry port of the infection can hardly be questioned.
1922 H. Finkelstein & L. Meyer in J. P. Sedgwick & C. A. Scherer tr. E. Feer Text-bk. Pediatrics 147 The sources of infection may be reduced and the number of entry ports for infective organisms may be decreased by proper care of the skin and the umbilicus.
2012 Occup. & Environmental Med. 69 145/1 The latter [sc. the gastrointestinal tract] is also the exit and entry port for spread through the environment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
entry portn.2
/ˈɛntrɪ ˌpɔːt/, U.S. /ˈɛntri ˌpɔrt/ A harbour, airport, or border crossing through which people and goods may enter a country; = port of entry n. at port n.1 1b.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > types of
creek1478
mole1545
haveneta1552
havenleta1552
portlet1577
seaport1596
close-harbour1615
basin1725
close port1728
entry port1838
port of call1838
way port1846
tidal basin1858
tidal harbour1859
port of register1860
1838 Boston Recorder 12 Oct. 102/6 This is the great entry port of New Brunswick.
1885 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 121 There should be..enforcement of rigid quarantine at all entry ports.
1927 Times 9 Feb. 15/6 At the entry port of Sarnia the quota has been increased from 80 to 150.
1994 Camping Mag. Jan. 20/3 From May, motorists short on sea-legs using Calais as their entry port will have an alternative method of crossing the Channel.
2010 N. R. Jensen Maryland 31 In the 1800s, Baltimore was one of the main entry ports for European immigrants.
2018 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 10 Feb. China Southern Airlines is offering business class to popular European entry port, Amsterdam, for $3999 from May to mid-November.
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