If you have compatible older children who already know how to play checkers and chess, a portable set is handy.

Some portable closed-circuit sets were still left, but those were reserved exclusively for the fire fighters.

These were small, portable sets developed for the communication needs of units on the move in jungle warfare.

There was no television in the room, and I made a mental note to myself to bring in a portable set tomorrow.

Boards that comprise fabric, paper, or plastic may be rolled into a tube and easily carried along with stones to make a portable set.

All eyes were glued on the small portable set in the crowded junior-size dining-room.

In 1930, Wilkinson's Monarchs became the first professional team to play night baseball, using a portable set of lights.

"Now, turn that television up," Ellen ordered, nodding to the portable set they had perched on a file cabinet.

Thought I'd make him a present of a portable wireless set.

Moving from behind the nursing station, Hagerty unplugged the little portable black-and-white set and carried it back into the staff lounge.