'Port of entry' definitions:

Definition of 'port of entry'

noun

A port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise [syn: port of entry, point of entry]

Definition of 'Port of entry'

From: GCIDE

Port \Port\, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., Ford, and 1st, 3d, & 4h Port.]
1. A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively. [1913 Webster]
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
We are in port if we have Thee. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages. [1913 Webster]
Free port. See under Free.
Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom, 4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.
Port charges (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.
Port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise.
Port toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port.
Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master. [1913 Webster]