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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The gunwale of a ship: in the phrase à portoise, said of yard-arms resting on the gunwale.

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  1. n. nautical The gunwale of a ship.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Naut.) The gunwale of a ship.

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps from Old French porteis portative, portable. (Wiktionary)

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