PORTMANTEAU Port*man"teau, n.; pl. Portmanteaus. Etym: [F. porte-manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. See Port to carry, and Mantle.]
Defn: A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys. Thackeray.
PORTMANTLE
Port*man"tle, n.
Defn: A portmanteau. [Obs.]
PORTMOTE
Port"mote`, n.
Defn: In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.
[Obs.] Blackstone.
PORTOIR
Por"toir, n. Etym: [OF., fr. porter to bear.]
Defn: One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which,
produces. [Obs.]
Branches . . . which were portoirs, and bare grapes. Holland.
PORTOISE
Por"toise, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative, portable.]
(Naut.)
Defn: The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower
them to the gunwale.
— To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and
topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.