Suitable for carrying; portable. Now rare except in portative organ n. at compounds.

Capable of being carried by hand or on the person; capable of being moved from place to place; easily carried or conveyed. Also: (designating a…

That may be carried (in various senses of carry, v.).

Capable of being carried or transported; easily carried; portable. rare.

Capable of being packed up and carried off; portable; see truss, v. 2.

Suitable for carrying; = portable, adj. 2a. In later use applied chiefly to altars.

That is or may be taken with one as one travels or goes about one's work, daily business, etc.; (esp. of an object or device) small enough to be…