From outside port, men took bearing (10)
I believe the answer is:
deportment
'bearing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'from outside port men took' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates a hidden word.
'DEPORTMENT' can be found hidden inside 'outside port men took'.
(Other definitions for deportment that I've seen before include "carriage" , "(Physical) bearing" , "Way of standing or walking" , "Behaviour - bearing" , "The way a person stands and walks" .)