Definition of "outports" [outports]

• Plural form of outport. (noun)

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• "In the past, many small communities—known as outports—were scattered across hard-to-reach areas of the island."
• "BTW, if you've been to The Dungeons in Bonavista, you've been as close to the now mostly empty outports as most folks can these days."
• "If English law was deemed deficient or inappropriate for Newfoundland situations, local magistrates simply made new law. 57 These are useful insights into how the legal regime manifested itself on the ground in many outports during the period."