portmote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A court, or mote, held in a port town.

Word forms

portmote portmotes

Etymology

From Middle English portemot, portemote, portmot, portmote; equivalent to port + mote; compare Anglo-Latin portimōtus.

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