harbourage

US harborage

/ (ˈhɑːbərɪdʒ) /

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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Example sentences from the Web for harbourage

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
Free shall the ship of Thorgils be from toil or harbourage in all ports of our land from henceforward.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
And then the flea said, “This night will we change our harbourage”; and so they did.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power
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

I have no harbourage for mortal guests, no provision to relieve human wants.
The Pirate|Sir Walter Scott

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