seaportn.
/ˈsiːpɔːt/, U.S. /ˈsiˌpɔrt/ a. A harbour or port on the sea-coast; a town or city on such a harbour. = port n.1 3, 1.
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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
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town
porteOE
haven townc1400
port town1576
seaport town1705
seaport1849
outport1935
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 12 It hes thir tounes Kircoubrie, Wigtoune, and the quhyt Case, al the thrie gude seyportes.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 388 We shall pass by the Sea-Ports, having mention'd them in the precedent Chapter.
1750 G. Berkeley Querist. (new ed.) §266 The sea-Ports of Galway, Limerick, Cork.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 335 Bristol, then the first English seaport.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 184 The great merchant city..sank..into a petty seaport.
b. attributive, esp. in seaport town (cf. port town n.2).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town
porteOE
haven townc1400
port town1576
seaport town1705
seaport1849
outport1935
1705 Proclam. 18 Jan. in London Gaz. No. 4090/1 Until they Arrive at some Sea Port-Town.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 204 Portsmouth is a sea-port town.
1909 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 391 Apollo meets the Seaman at a seaport tavern.
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