at the high port
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.69 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Held with two hands as in "port arms", but carried well above the head. The high port is often the position taught for running (at the double) or charging.
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Sticking up; (of hair, etc) standing up at a marked angle.
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Held in front of the body, especially in an authoritative or aggressive way.
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Positioned ready for immediate use.
Example Sentences
- "I raced across the desert, rifle above my head at the high-port. A man screamed, and throwing up his hands, rolled head over heels. I jumped over him and kept on running."
- "If you mistakenly referred to your rifle as a gun, you found yourself doubling around the parade ground with your rifle in one hand above your head at the high port, and your other hand clutching your balls. As you ran you had to shout: 'This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun.'"
- "'Place your rifle at the high port! That means above your head Mitchell!' James lifted the weapon and held over his head as ordered."
- "I have seen no more romantic figure than Stewart Carter, his head and shoulders wrapped in a flaming red head-scarf, moustaches at the high port, crouched fanatically over the steering-wheel of a stripped-down Land Rover."
- "Once, they disturbed a family of forest hog, which trotted off with tails at the high port; once a lone hyena, [...]"
- "We had just changed On another patrol Kinyua indicated that he could hear something in the undergrowth ahead. We had just changed places and I had assumed the lead position, when he thrust me to one side and stabbed with his shotgun a gigantic porcupine that was coming down the track at me with its bristles at the high port!"