Cinque Ports \Cinque" Ports`\ [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.)
Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were
anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover,
and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of
Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.
{Baron of the Cinque Ports}. See under {Baron}.