outport


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outport

(ˈaʊtˌpɔːt)
n
1. chiefly Brit a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port
2. Canadian one of the many isolated fishing villages located in the bays and other indentations of the Newfoundland coast
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Noun1.outport - a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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With the exception of one or two outports in France, and an occasional visit to Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Deal, he had in reality seen no more of mankind, however, than if he had been riding a donkey in one of his native mines.
"There's not much in these small outport towns anymore to keep people around, so tourism is a big part of our economy," said Devon Chaulk, who works in a souvenir shop in Elliston, a small town of 300 on "Iceberg Corridor," as the coastline is now known.
Running the Goat is a small press, without the resources of large mainland publishers, but the story of Edie Murphy's journey from her outport home to New York's Lower East Side, was so beautiful, so important, I knew I wanted to see the book into the world.
A new village called Newport had been created as an outport for Stockton.
In the ingress switch s1, the group table applies low priority tags to the victim flows (entries with *) and directs the packets to the outport which is connected to the next-hop switch.
Other events included the NW Outport Annual Lunch with the Company of Master Mariners; reception for a Congress on Physiotherapy; and the Law Society Dinner.
Gwyn identifies "the decline of the fishery [and] the decay of the old outport way of life" as parts of a "collective tragic muse" she claims informs and inspires the artists "all over the rock" who are inexplicably "popping up in sweet and splendid profusion.
Synopsis: Based on a true story, "Dancing in a Jar" by Adele Poynter fictionally elaborates on the real-life love affair of a young couple who leave New York City to live in the outport community of St.
Hold Fast chronicles the struggles fourteen-year-old Michael faces when, after the death of his parents, he is forced to leave his rural outport to live in the city with relatives.
Ommer, From Outpost to Outport: A Structural Analysis of the Jersey-Gaspe Codfishery, 1767-1886 (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991); Robert C.
Indeed, she attributes her passion for storytelling to her upbringing (as the eldest of six) in The Beaches, a small outport in Newfoundland where there were only 12 households.