PORT (2)

port (2). Port, v.t. to carry in form, to turn to the left

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Port, n. [[AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., Ford, and 1st, 3d, & 4h Port.]] 1. 1. A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. Shak. We are in port if we have Thee. Keble. 2. 2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.
Free port. See under Free. — Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom, 4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port. — Port charges (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor. — Port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. — Port toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port. — Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.