cinque-ports
n. pl. (வர.) இங்கிலாந்தின் தென்கரையிலுள்ள துறைமுகங்கள்.
Cinque" Ports`. Etym: [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.) Defn: Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.