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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF., fr.

porter

to bear.]

One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which, produces.

[Obs.]

Branches . . . which were

portoirs

, and bare grapes.

Holland.

portoir ‎(plural portoirs)

(obsolete) One who, or that which, bears or produces.
Branches […] which were portoirs, and bare^[sic] grapes. — Holland.

portoir m ‎(oblique plural portoirs, nominative singular portoirs, nominative plural portoir)

(fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (portoir)