port arms
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (military) The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.
- 1989, Peter C. Lagarias, Harrison J. Sheppard, Effective Closing Argument, page 356:
- I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
- At last the battery cover snapped down. Howard strode briskly back through the living room with the hedge-clippers held at port arms.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a military position in which rifle is carried in diagonal position in front of a torso
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Verb
[edit]port arms (third-person singular simple present ports arms, present participle porting arms, simple past and past participle ported arms)
- (military, usually as imperative) To carry one's personal firearm diagonally in front of the body.