harborage
[hahr-ber-ij]
- shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
- any shelter or lodging.
- a place of shelter.
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Origin of harborage
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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harbor, wharf, seaport, stronghold, sanctuary, hideaway, resort, shelter, hideout, protection, fortress, security, asylum, haven, retreat, oasis, church, refuge, park, reserveExamples from the Web for harborage
Historical Examples
Not long did the boys remain even in a harborage so distant.
The Story of AbStanley Waterloo
It was all very well to dilate upon the sugar crop of the island, its trade, its fertility, its harborage.
Benjamin FranklinJohn Torrey Morse, Jr.
And, as the evil spirit had left Hiram's house, so had another and a greater evil spirit quitted its harborage.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
No wonder then that the celebrated outlaw, Peter Retief, had chosen it for his haunt and the harborage of his ill-gotten stock.
The Story of the Foss River RanchRidgwell Cullum
It shall not be burdened with any duties for harborage stoppages, depots, breaking bulk, or putting in through stress of weather.
Stanley in AfricaJames P. Boyd