Cinque'-pōrts, n. pl.
n. pl. [cinque and port, q. v.] The ports Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, Sandwich, Winchelsea, and Rye; originally, only the first five of these, whence the name. [England.]
n. pl. [cinque and port, q. v.] The ports Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, Sandwich, Winchelsea, and Rye; originally, only the first five of these, whence the name. [England.]