单词 |
anteport |
释义 |
† ˈanteport Obs. rare. [ad. It. antiporta, f. anti = L. ante before + porta gate, door.] 1. An outer gate or door.
1644Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 126 Between the five large anti-ports are columns of enormous height. 2. A veil or hanging in front of a door.
1653J. Greaves Grand Signour's Seraglio 14 His Majestie's Bed-Chamber..The Anteporta's are cloth of gold of Bursia. 1669T. Smith Mann. Turks 75 (L.) If a Christian or Jew should but lift up the antiport and set one step into it. |

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