English Dictionary

porthouse

名詞

A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc. / The main cabin on the port side of a boat.

日本語の意味

港湾の運営に関する役所や、税関などが置かれている建物。 / 船の左舷側（港側）の主要なキャビン。

The old porthouse stood at the end of the wharf, its windows crowded with shipping ledgers and customs paperwork.

古い港湾管理事務所は波止場の突端に建っており、窓辺には船荷目録や税関の書類が山積みになっていた。

意味（1）

A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc.

We had accomplished about three-quarters of[ the distance, and were beginning to look to the terminataon of our labors; Cape Traverse was full in sight, and even the porthouse, which was our goal, and we knew that we could now be seen by the lookout, who watched the course of the boat as soon as it came in sight, in order to send the sleigh along the coast to meet the party.

意味（2）

The main cabin on the port side of a boat.

The starboard-house is a small galley and the porthouse contains the stairway leading below to the captain's cabin and mate's messroom.

porthouses （ plural ）