portsale

English

Etymology

From port +‎ sale. See port (“gate”).

Noun

portsale (plural portsales)

1. (obsolete) public or open sale; auction
   • 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XLI]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:

     Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland

References

• “portsale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• LaPortes, Laportes, Plateros, Pole Star, Portales, Portelas, patroles, petrosal, pole star, polestar, prolates