portsale en · NOUN
Etymology
From port + sale. See port (“gate”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) public or open sale; auction
Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland
1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XLI]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| portsales | Number=Plur | lexicographic |