anteport

anteport means A hanging or covering in front of a door.

Etymology

Alteration influenced by ante- of Italian antiporta, from anti- (“preceding”) + porta (“gate, door”). Sense 1 may show an English innovation, translating Italian portiere in the 1625 quotation. By surface analysis, ante- + port.

noun

A hanging or covering in front of a door.e.g.“1 tapestry door-hanging,³ 6/8” — [a. 1484?, The Port Books or Local Customs Accounts of Southampton for the Reign of Edward IV (Publications of the Southampton Record Society; 38), volume II, Southampton, Hampshire: Cox & Sharland, p
An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door.

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Words closest in meaning

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anteportico 69% match — An outer porch or vestibule in front of the main portico. vs anteport →
antependium 67% match — The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. vs anteport →
antepagmentum 63% match — In ancient architecture, a doorpost, or garnishing in a post or door, wrought in stone or timber, or lintel of a window. vs anteport →
antetemple 62% match — The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church. vs anteport →
overdoor 60% match — A decoration, usually a painting, that is placed above a doorway. vs anteport →
foredoor 59% match — A door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door. vs anteport →
antechapel 58% match — The outer part of the west end of a chapel. vs anteport →
doorflap 58% match — A flap of material serving as a crude door to a tent etc. vs anteport →