Obs. rare. [ad. It. antiporta, f. anti = L. ante before + porta gate, door.]
1. An outer gate or door.
1644. Evelyn, Mem. (1857), I. 126. Between the five large anti-ports are columns of enormous height.
2. A veil or hanging in front of a door.
1653. J. Greaves, Grand Signour’s Seraglio, 14. His Majesties Bed Chamber…. The Anteporta’s are Cloth of gold of Bursia.
1669. T. Smith, Mann. Turks (1678), 75 (L.). If a Christian or Jew should but lift up the Antiport and set one step into it, he profaned it.
