(literally) The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Bursa, transferred to the even grander Topkapı palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople)

plural of port city

Alternative form of porte cochère

Alternative form of porte cochère

A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

A wallet.

(military, usually as imperative) To carry one's personal firearm diagonally in front of the body.

(military) The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.

(computing) A physical interface capable of transmitting multiple bits of data simultaneously.

(computing) An I/O port, on earlier PCs, used for the attachment of a joystick or similar hardware