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port arms en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.
   • At last the battery cover snapped down. Howard strode briskly back through the living room with the hedge-clippers held at port arms. 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
   • I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms. 1989, Peter C. Lagarias, Harrison J. Sheppard, Effective Closing Argument, page 356:

Relateds

present arms · order arms

Translations (6)

tl agap sandata (a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso) · id depan senjata (a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso) · ms tatang senjata (a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso) · tl agap ta (a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso) · ru на грудь (a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso) · ko 앞에총 (a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso)

port arms en · VERB

Meanings

1. (as imperative, usually) To carry one's personal firearm diagonally in front of the body.

Forms

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at the high port