harbourage
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
When they had entered, they begged for the love of God harbourage during the night, at the house of a certain soldier, who received them cheerfully and entertained them nobly.
From Mediaeval Tales by Henry Morley
Sennen can boast a new breakwater, and every scrap of harbourage is often badly needed.
From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon
Imagine, therefore, my anxiety on learning that you have given harbourage to some rascal, who having by base practises learned that the Earl had an errand with me, now usurps his name and credit.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
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