Gosport

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɒspɔː(ɹ)t/

Proper noun

Gosport

  1. A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199). [1]
  2. A community in the town of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.
  4. A town in Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States.
  5. A former town on Star Island, New Hampshire, United States, now part of the town of Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Noun

Gosport (plural Gosports)

  1. Ellipsis of Gosport tube.
    • 2015, Dewey Cassell, The Incredible Herb Trimpe, page 31:
      It was all done through Gosports, which was a rubber tube and a funnel thing that looked like you measure stuff with. The ends were plugged into your helmet and you talked to each other through this rubber hose […]

References

  1. ^ District map (Hampshire)
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