D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Porte

/pôrt/ · IPA /pˈɔrt/
01 n. The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace a…
  1. 1.
    The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered. Also: Sublime Porte