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gos⋅port

  [gos-pawrt, -pohrt]
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–noun
a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
Origin:
1940–45; after Gosport, England
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gos·port   (gŏs'pôrt', -pōrt')   
n.  A flexible speaking tube used for one-way communication between individual compartments or cockpits of an airplane.

[After Gosport.]
Gos·port   (gŏs'pôrt', -pōrt')   
A municipal borough of southern England west of Portsmouth. It was an embarkation point for the invasion of France in 1944. Population: 69,300.
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Gosport

port town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England. It lies on a peninsula between Portsmouth Harbour and The Solent, opposite the Isle of Wight. Gosport prospered from the 16th century with the rising importance of the Royal Navy. Primarily a victualing station, it flourished in the Napoleonic Wars and later shared in the naval development of Portsmouth. It was a major embarkation area for the Allied invasion of France in 1944 and suffered considerable air bombardment. Area 10 square miles (25 square km). Pop. (2001) 69,384.

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