harbourage
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"If you have food and water and harbourage, you have a perfect storm there for rat activity," she said.
From BBC • May 21, 2025
"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
In the 16th century it was repeatedly plundered by pirates until it came to terms with them, gave them welcome harbourage, and based a less precarious existence upon continuous illicit trade.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
These ti-tree coverts afford very close harbourage for pigs.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
He could push the boat through the reeds and bulrushes and find snug harbourage under the willows.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
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