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
Scudding for harbourage, under a corner of sail, two stout luggers passed; and the men, watching their mad course, waved to warn, and shouted unheard.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
In aping the Faculty of Medicine, it lost the touch of mother earth without gaining any harbourage in the deep waters of the proud.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.
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)
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