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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORTLAST, PORTOISE

n.The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a portlast, is to lower them to the gunwale.
To ride a portoise, is to have the lower yards and top-masts struck or lowered down, when at anchor in a gale of wind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PORTLAST

PORTLAST Port "last, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The portoise. See Portoise.