单词 | anteport |
释义 | anteportn. Now historical. 1. A veil or hanging in front of a door. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > door-curtain anteport1625 portière1638 1625 R. Withers tr. O. Bon in S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. 1583 The Anteportaes were of cloth of Gold of Bursia. 1678 T. Smith Remarks Manners of Turks 75 If a Christian or Jew should but lift up the Antiport, and set one step into it. 1735 Lett. from Gentleman in Constantinople 73 Lifting up the Antiport, and advancing a little forward, I could not perceive the least Noise. 1794 P. Russell A. Russell's Nat. Hist. Aleppo (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 146 In bed chambers, and other small rooms,..the air is excluded by window curtains, close doors, and antiports. 1904 W. R. Lethaby Mediaeval Art iii. 79 Before the entrance to this Narthex hung a rich embroidered ante-port. 2002 Grandeur Viceregal Mexico 42 The magnificent ex voto realized by José de Paez in 1751..depicts a richly furnished bedroom, including a luxurious bed with folding screens, a painted cloth anteport and a fine imported carpet. 2. An outer gate or door. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door hall-doorc1275 falling doorc1300 stable doorc1330 vice-door1354 hecka1400 lodge-doorc1400 street door1465 gate-doora1500 portal1516 backdoor1530 portal door1532 side door1535 by-door1542 outer door1548 postern door1551 house door1565 fore-door1581 way-door1597 leaf door1600 folding door1611 clap-door1625 balcony-door1635 out-door1646 anteportc1660 screen door1668 frontish-door1703 posticum1704 side entrance1724 sash-door1726 Venetian door1731 oak1780 jib-door1800 trellis?c1800 sporting door1824 ledge-door1825 through door1827 bivalves1832 swing-door1833 tradesmen's entrance1838 ledged door1851 tradesmen's door?1851 fire door1876 storm door1878 shoji1880 fire door1889 Dutch door1890 patio door1900 stable door1900 ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901 suicide door1925 louvre door1953 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 258 I considered the 5 large Anti-Ports, twixt which are Columns of enormous altitude. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens ii. 178 There is but one avenue to the Castle and that not imbellished as of old with the famous Ante-Port. 1873 S. Horner & J. B. Horner Walks in Florence (ed. 2) I. xv. 256 Some idea of the Palazzo Vecchio, with its ante-port, may be obtained from a curious old fresco which still exists..[in] the old Debtor's Prison, the ‘Stinche’. 1903 E. R. Williams Hill Towns Italy xi. 291 This gate..still has the large square anteport before the archway, where..were stalled incoming cattle for inspection by the city health officials before being allowed to enter. 1999 Gesta 38 143/1 Most Florentine and Sienese gates had fortified anteports or barbicans, many of which still exist in the Sienese examples. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1625 |
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