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harborage

American  
[hahr-ber-ij] / ˈhɑr bər ɪdʒ /

noun

  1. shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.

  2. any shelter or lodging.

  3. a place of shelter.


Etymology

Origin of harborage

First recorded in 1560–70; harbor + -age

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“Because of their construction, sponges provide harborage for any number and variety of microbiological organisms, many of which may be pathogenic,” according to the Food and Drug Administration’s U.S.

From Washington Post Mar. 18, 2022

While rat infestations in car engines are not rare occurrences, researchers are attempting to determine whether they are increasing in areas where rats’ usual food and harborage sites have been disrupted by pandemic distancing efforts.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2020

Here were no coves or harborage or shelter, only steep headlands, rockfallen reefs and crags.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The rocks among which they crouched were a rough harborage from which they could see the shore as a dark blot.

From Key Out of Time by Andre Norton

The forests south of Lake Ontario gave harborage to the five tribes of the Iroquois, implacable foes of Canada.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

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