porterhouse (porterhous)

A house at which porter, ale, and other malt liquors are re tailed; an ale-house; also, such a house at which steaks, chops, etc., are served up; a chop-house. -Porter-house steak, a beefsteak consisting of a choice cut of the beef between the sirloin and the tenderloin, the latter being the under cut: it is supposed to derive its name from a well-known porter-house in New York, where this particular cut of the meat was first introduced. [U. S.] porterly (por'tėr-li), a. [ Like a porter; hence, coarse; vulgar. [Rare.] The porterly language of swearing and obscenity. Dr. Bray, E ay on Knowledge (1697), Pref. ( Latham .) porte et, n. Same as porta .