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单词 anteport
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anteportn.

Brit. /ˈantᵻpɔːt/, U.S. /ˈæntəˌpɔrt/
Forms: 1600s anteportaes (plural), 1600s–1700s antiport, 1600s– anteport.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian antiporta.
Etymology: < Italian antiporta (13th cent. in sense 2) < anti- ante- prefix + porta gate, door (13th cent.; < classical Latin porta gate: see port n.3).Sense 1 may show an innovation in English; the Italian source translated in quot. 1625 has portiere , plural of portiera (compare portière n.).
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.
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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).
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