Associations to the word «Portative»

PORTATIVE, adjective. (now) (rare) Portable. [from 14th c.]

PORTATIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying. [15th-19th c.]

PORTATIVE, noun. (now) (chiefly historical) A portative organ.

PORTATIVE ORGAN, noun. (music) A small pipe organ with one rank of flue pipes, sometimes arranged in two rows, to be played while strapped to the performer at a right angle.

PORTATIVE ORGANS, noun. Plural of portative organ