Cross Portate, in heraldry, a cross which does not stand upright, as crosses generally do, but lies across the escutcheon in bend, as if it were carried. carried on a man's shoulders. See Plate CXLV, fig. 2.

PORTRENTRU, a city of Switzerland, in the bishoprick of Basil: E. long. 7°, N. lat. 47° 30'.