portoir

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Portoir \Por"toir\, n. [OF., fr. porter to bear.]
   One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which,
   produces. [Obs.]
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         Branches . . . which were portoirs, and bare grapes.
                                                  --Holland.
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