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Definition of To ride a portoise

To ride a portoise
Portoise Por"toise, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative, portable.] (Naut.) The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the gunwale. To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.

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- Selven Naidu – cinéaste mauricien -". Midi Madagasikara. "Une identité portoise et régionale forte" (in French). 30 September 2003. 2009, un año de CINE...