fireport

English

Etymology

fire +‎ port

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪərˌpɔːrt/

Noun

fireport (plural fireports)

  1. A small opening in the armor or wall of a fortification, vehicle, or ship, designed for firing weapons while providing protection to the shooter.
    • 2001, Joseph H. Alexander, Fleet Operations in a Mobile War: September 1950-June 1951 (U.S. Navy and the Korean War), Naval Historical Center, page 20:
      Ten minutes later the destroyers and cruisers opened fire on the Wolmi-do, their gun crews by now intimately familiar with the island's fireport caves and bunkers.
    • 2015, James R. Holbrook, Michael E. Dunn, Tactical Responses To Concentrated Artillery, Pickle Partners Publishing, page ??:
      Machine guns were the usual weapon placed in the fireport, although direct-fire guns of up to 47-mm were also used.
    • 2025 March 10, Wikipedia contributors, “CAESAR self-propelled howitzer”, in English Wikipedia‎[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      They were fitted with cabin armor add-ons, with fireports.
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