outport n

outport n All the outports grew quite unplanned, though usually facing the sea. Simple wooden houses, ranging from primitive one-roomed shacks to substantial but still plain two-storied dwellings, were perched higgledy-piggledy as the terrain allowed, wherever there was space and solid ground for a...

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Summary:outport n All the outports grew quite unplanned, though usually facing the sea. Simple wooden houses, ranging from primitive one-roomed shacks to substantial but still plain two-storied dwellings, were perched higgledy-piggledy as the terrain allowed, wherever there was space and solid ground for a foundation. Between the houses were footworn lanes which passed for streets, giving access to the waterfront. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [Add to DNE outport a, to 1976 cite] G. M. Story DEC.4 1987 WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used Sup