gosport

name

1. A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199).
2. A community in the town of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
3. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.
4. A town in Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States.
5. A former town on Star Island, New Hampshire, United States, now part of the town of Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Gosport tube.

   “It was all done through Gosports, which was a rubber tube and a funnel thing that looked like you measure stuff with. The ends were plugged into your helmet and you talked to each other through this rubber hose […]”

2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Gosport.

   “Then the young man shouted into the gosport to those who had remained faithfully in the engine room feeding the furnaces […].”