angiportn.

Brit.

/ˈan(d)ʒᵻpɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈændʒəˌpɔrt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin angiportus, angiportum.

Etymology: < classical Latin angiportus (also angiportum) narrow passage, alley, lane < angere to compress (see angor n.) + portus port n.¹

Now rare.

A narrow lane or passage. Also: a narrow opening in a wall. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > gate > [noun] > narrow gate

angiport1647

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 69 They are the cursed Counter-mures, dropt Portcullises, scowring Angi-ports.

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 208 Secret Angiports and dark postern-doors,..so narrow, that few of them could get in.

1658 J. Spencer Καινα και Παλαια 573 Socrates one day meeting Zenophon the sonne of Coryllus in a certain angiport, or Haven-street.

a1687 H. More Disc. Script. (1692) iii. 77 Him that by reason of the Evil Eye of the Soul..is ever and anon caught in unexpected Angiports and tedious Labyrinths.

1789 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 979/2 The angiport, or narrow passage in question.

1894 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 87 The unsavoury mass of slums [in ancient Rome]..with their choking labyrinth of lanes, ‘angiports’, and culs-de-sac.

1933 M. Summers Werewolf iii. 165 One trusted attendant..was wont..to let him rush out abroad, as the fit constrained him, by a secret angiport of the palace into a narrow lane.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	angiport
释义	angiportn. Brit. /ˈan(d)ʒᵻpɔːt/, U.S. /ˈændʒəˌpɔrt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin angiportus, angiportum. Etymology: < classical Latin angiportus (also angiportum) narrow passage, alley, lane < angere to compress (see angor n.) + portus port n.¹ Now rare. A narrow lane or passage. Also: a narrow opening in a wall. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > gate > [noun] > narrow gate angiport1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 69 They are the cursed Counter-mures, dropt Portcullises, scowring Angi-ports. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 208 Secret Angiports and dark postern-doors,..so narrow, that few of them could get in. 1658 J. Spencer Καινα και Παλαια 573 Socrates one day meeting Zenophon the sonne of Coryllus in a certain angiport, or Haven-street. a1687 H. More Disc. Script. (1692) iii. 77 Him that by reason of the Evil Eye of the Soul..is ever and anon caught in unexpected Angiports and tedious Labyrinths. 1789 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 979/2 The angiport, or narrow passage in question. 1894 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 87 The unsavoury mass of slums [in ancient Rome]..with their choking labyrinth of lanes, ‘angiports’, and culs-de-sac. 1933 M. Summers Werewolf iii. 165 One trusted attendant..was wont..to let him rush out abroad, as the fit constrained him, by a secret angiport of the palace into a narrow lane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1647
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