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Sal′ly–port.


1. (Fortification.) An opening cut in the glacis, through which a passage leads by a ramp from the terreplein to the covered way of the interior. A postern. An underground passage from a fortification for making sallies from the covered way.


2. (Nautical.) A port for entering or leaving a vessel. [2023]

Saliva-pump.

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