† port-barn.1
Obsolete.
A piece of wood used to secure a porthole on a ship. (See quot. 1867.)
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1717 W. Sutherland Prices Labour in Ship-building 52 Wrain-staves, Quarters, Need-Wedges, Spiles, Port-Bars, all of which may be also found and provided on the same Foot.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Port-bars, strong pieces of oak, furnished with two laniards, by which the ports are secured from flying open in a gale of wind, the bars resting against the inside of the ship; the port is first tightly closed by its hooks and ring-bolts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† port-barn.2
Obsolete. rare.
A shoal, bank, or boom across the entrance to a port.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Port-bar, a bar at the mouth of or in a port or harbor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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