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harborage

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[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 first babble of congratulations and greetings over, she settled down to the quiet of the room assigned to her, and gave a sigh as of one who at last finds harborage.

From The Purchase Price by Emerson Hough

No wonder then that the celebrated outlaw, Peter Retief, had chosen it for his haunt and the harborage of his ill-gotten stock.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Ridgwell Cullum

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