adjective
- having no port or harbor; lacking a port of call
- without a port or opening; not having a port or aperture
Usage: nautical; rare
Usage: technical; rare
Examples
- The portless coast offered no shelter for the damaged vessel.
- Early explorers feared sailing along portless stretches of the ocean.
- The portless design of the engine block prevented any external connections.
- Ships avoided the portless regions of the archipelago during storm season.