Keep the ports closed, but clear away the port guns, and stand by for a broadside.

Usually, this means that non-essential government services are suspended, and all ports in the affected area closed.

As soon as the port had closed he pointed to the girl's body.

So by deliberately connecting to a specific sequence over time, that's a way of keeping your port closed.

The great port closed slowly and the first faint trial jets blasted out.

First cited in 1326, the port was still operating in 1584, but has since closed.

I'll have the oil ports closed to you By whom?

The port closed and the area redeveloped in the 1980s.

They'd be worrying about him - the port closed.

With the last deep-draft Confederate port closed, few runners tried to make the run.