harbourage
Britishnoun
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"A lot of it is to do with us, people leaving food behind. Remove the food and the harbourage and they won't be secure, they will go," she said.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
"If you have food and water and harbourage, you have a perfect storm there for rat activity," she said.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
“Nevertheless, he is giving harbourage all the time to the Prince’s ships at Emden.”
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
Scudding for harbourage, under a corner of sail, two stout luggers passed; and the men, watching their mad course, waved to warn, and shouted unheard.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
"This craft of ours is only fit for fair weather and easy harbourage, and not knowing the little crinkles o' the coast, t'ud be nowt but a miracle if we 'scaped being stove in."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
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