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 Morley, Henry
It also furnishes harbourage for insects, which will find them both food and exercise in picking up.
From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh
I could not go home till I had found harbourage, a fire to dry my clothes at, and a bed where I might lie till they were ready.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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