MEANING
A protected passage or gateway through which defenders can make a sortie from a fortified place.
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Words that belong together
- fortress sallyport
- pass through a sallyport
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The defenders emerged through the sallyport.
A narrow sallyport opened beside the main gate.
The map marked the hidden sallyport.
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- sallyport
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular sallyport; plural sallyports. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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