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
Sennen can boast a new breakwater, and every scrap of harbourage is often badly needed.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
On the rocks there is no ledge or cranny which could give us proper harbourage; and starting from Breuil it is certainly impossible to reach the summit in a single day.”
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
My other acquaintances in the hotel, too, appeared anxious to avoid me, as if they had been warned not to give me harbourage there.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
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