English Explanatory Dictionary

Porlock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).
verb
  1. To interrupt a person so as to prevent them from completing something important.

Word forms

Porlock porlocks porlocking porlocked

Etymology

From Old English Portloc, from port + loca, literally “harbour enclosure”.

Related words

Portlock

Derived words

man from Porlock person from Porlock Porlockian Porlock Weir West Porlock
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