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† ˈport-ˈsale Obs.
Also 5–6 porte-, 6–7 -sail(e.
[f. port n.2 or n.3 (cf. sense 1 c) + sale.]
1. Public sale to the highest bidder; sale by auction.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 594 That all marchaunt straungers shuld be set to an Englisshe hoost, within .xv. dayes of theyr commynge to their porte sale. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 169 Philippus sate at the portesale his garment or robe short tucked vp about hym. 1543–4Act 35 Hen. VIII, c. 7 § 1 That the saide Marchauntis doggers and fishermen at their commynge home..can [not] have porte sale nor redy utterance for their Fishe. 1573–80Baret Alv. S 206 To sell publikely, or by portsaile, as they sell by the crier, when ones goods are forfeited for lacke of paiement. 1600Holland Livy xli. 1103 Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland [sub corona veniere]. a1653Gouge Comm. Heb. xiii. 4 They who commit uncleannesse for gain, are said to sell their body; or to set it, as we speak, to port⁓sail. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 168 Like the last bidding for a thing at the port-sale.
¶ Erroneously referred to port1 2: see quots.
1607Cowell Interpr., Portsale,..sale of fish presently vpon returne in the hauen. [Whence 1616 in Bullokar Eng. Expos., 1706 in Phillips, 1848 in Wharton Law Lex.]
(Fish are commonly sold on the strand by port-sale or auction: whence the error.)
2. Comb. † portsale-maker, an auctioneer.
1552Huloet, Portsale maker, auctionarius. |