Cinque Ports
Cinque Ports
[Cinque + port.]
(Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- namely, Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.
Collocations (1)
Baron of the Cinque Ports , See under Baron.