porthole

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I turned my head and looked at the porthole, and saw to my surprise that it was wide open and hooked back.

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  1. noun Nautical A small, usually circular window in a ship's side.
  2. noun An opening in a fortified wall; an embrasure.

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  • Yet other than a porthole, the cabin was spartan, the ceiling rails lending it the same utilitarian appearance as the rest of the ship. —  Asimov'sSF,December2007
  • In front of the porthole was a vista of squirming waves, rather small waves, and beyond reared the Palisades, green and solid as all eternity. —  055 - The Feathered Octopus
  • A moment later the ship heeled in the opposite direction and the porthole was dark again. —  Blindfold Game
  • I felt like a complicated mosque adorned on every surface with script I couldn't have read even were it not scrolling at such high speed Light through a paper porthole, the rumbling of the Growler. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • In fact, the whole rim of the porthole was gone, evidently having been salvaged in the past. —  042 - The Midas Man
 

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