harbourage

US harborage

/ (ˈhɑːbərɪdʒ) /

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noun

shelter or refuge, as for a ship, or a place providing shelter

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Words nearby harbourage

harborage, harbor master, harbor seal, harborside, harbour, harbourage, harbour master, harbour seal, hard, hard act to follow, hard-and-fast

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How to use harbourage in a sentence

That Rhoda herself might suffer in the process was an idea to which (if it occurred to him) he would give no harbourage.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
It was the unworthier Philip, as he drove to Chelsea, who let these thoughts find harbourage in his mind.
The Angel of Pain|E. F. Benson
It was in remembrance of the last spot in England to give them harbourage that New Plymouth was named.
From the North Foreland to Penzance|Clive Holland
An occasional small pond gives harbourage for a few wild-fowl, while wood-grouse, and in winter ptarmigan, are plentiful.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada|Warburton Mayer Pike

But her nature was too sweet, and her heart too full of gratitude, to allow long harbourage to any such thoughts.
Carette of Sark|John Oxenham